TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - A Comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for Students in Secondary School
JO  - Journal of school health
A1  - Bond, Lyndal
A1  - Wolfe, S.
A1  - Tollit, Michelle
A1  - Butler, Helen
A1  - Patton, George
SP  - 75
EP  - 79
VL  - 77
IS  - 2
N2  - Background: Bullying occurs in all schools. Measuring bullying in schools is complicated because both definitions of bullying and methods for measuring bullying vary. This study compared a brief 12-item Gatehouse Bullying Scale (GBS) with items drawn from the Peer Relations Questionnaire (PRQ), a well-established bullying questionnaire to measure the concurrent validity of the GBS. Methods: Year 8 secondary school students (14 years of age) in metropolitan and regional Victoria, Australia, completed questionnaires assessing being teased, being deliberately left out, had rumors spread about oneself, and/or being physically threatened or hurt. Results: The prevalence of bullying using GBS and PRQ was 57% and 61%, respectively. Percent agreement between the 2 measures was high. Agreement adjusted for chance was moderate (kappa 0.5). The GBS had good to moderate test-retest reliability (rho 0.65). Conclusions: The GBS is a short, reliable tool measuring the occurrence of bullying in schools. As well as a global estimate of bullying, the GBS provides estimates of 2 covert and 2 overt types of bullying which can be useful for schools to better plan interventions dealing with school bullying.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-4391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00170.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -