@article{ref1,
title="Assessing school victimization in the United States, Guatemala, and Israel: Cross-Cultural psychometric analysis of the School Victimization Scale",
journal="Victims and offenders",
year="2011",
author="Green, Jennifer Greif and Furlong, Michael J. and Astor, Ron Avi and Benbenishty, Rami and Espinoza, Evelyn",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="290-305",
abstract="There is a need for cross-national estimates of school victimization prevalence, yet limited methodological research in this area. The current study evaluates the School Victimization Scale (SVS), administered in the U.S., Guatemala, and Israel (total N = 9,722). SVS measurement equivalence was tested to compare subgroups within each country. Two SVS factors emerged in all countries reflecting higher-severity (weapon-related) and lower-severity (physical/verbal) victimization. Israeli data had poor scalar equivalence; Jewish and Arab students with the same SVS score endorsed different items. <br><br>FINDINGS illustrate the complexity of cross-national measurement of school victimization and the potential for misleading results when psychometric equivalence is ignored.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-4886",
doi="10.1080/15564886.2011.581883",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2011.581883"
}