TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Assessing school victimization in the United States, Guatemala, and Israel: Cross-Cultural psychometric analysis of the School Victimization Scale
JO  - Victims and offenders
A1  - Green, Jennifer Greif
A1  - Furlong, Michael J.
A1  - Astor, Ron Avi
A1  - Benbenishty, Rami
A1  - Espinoza, Evelyn
SP  - 290
EP  - 305
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1556-4886
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2011.581883
ID  - ref1
ER  -