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Investigating the Comparability of a Self-Report Measure of Childhood Bullying Across Countries

Chiaki Konishi*, Shelley Hymel, Bruno Zumbo, Zhen Li, Mitsuru Taki, Phillip Slee, Debra Pepler, Hee-og Sim, Wendy Craig, Susan Swearer, and Keumjoo Kwak

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ckonishi{at}interchange.ubc.ca.


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Abstract:Responding to international concerns regarding childhood bullying and a need to identify a common bullying measure, this study examines the comparability of children’s self-reports of bullying across five countries. The Pacific-Rim Bullying Measure, a self-report measure of students’ experiences with six different types of bullying behaviour and victimization, was administered to 1,398 grade 5 students from Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, and United States. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory modeling were used to evaluate construct equivalence on the measure across different countries. Preliminary results revealed some construct differences across countries, that is, the bullying measure is measuring one construct, but that the construct is manifested differently in the different countries.

Résumé:En réponse aux inquiétudes partagées par la communauté internationale concernant la présence en enfance de formes d’intimidation et le besoin d’une mesure commune de l’intimidation, cette étude examine la comparabilité de rapports individuels d’enfants de cinq pays différents sur leurs expériences d’intimidations. The Pacific-Rim Bullying Measure, une mesure des rapports individuels d’expériences d’intimidation d’étudiants en fonction de six types de comportement d’intimidation et de victimisation, a été administrée à 1,398 étudiants de cinquième année provenant de l’Australie, du Canada, du Japon, de la Corée et des États-Unis. Une analyse factorielle multi-groupe et une modélisation théorique en fonction des réponses à des items ont été employées pour évaluer l’équivalence des concepts utilisés par cet instrument à travers les pays concernés. Les résultats préliminaires indiquent quelques variations dans les concepts d’un pays à l’autre -c.-à-d., l’instrument de mesure d’intimidation mesure un concept unique, mais ce concept est manifesté de façon différente de pays en pays.

First published on February 17, 2009, doi:10.1177/0829573509331614

Canadian Journal of School Psychology 2009;24:82.

A more recent version of this article appeared on March 1, 2009


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