TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the comparability of a self-report measure of childhood bullying across countries
AU - Konishi, Chiaki
AU - Hymel, Shelley
AU - Zumbo, Bruno D.
AU - Zhen, Li
AU - Taki, Mitsuru
AU - Slee, Phillip
AU - Pepler, Debra
AU - Sim, Hee Og
AU - Craig, Wendy
AU - Swearer, Susan
AU - Kwak, Keumjoo
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bullying
KW - Comparability
KW - Cross-national study
KW - Measure
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U2 - 10.1177/0829573509331614
DO - 10.1177/0829573509331614
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:63749128990
SN - 0829-5735
VL - 24
SP - 82
EP - 93
JO - Canadian Journal of School Psychology
JF - Canadian Journal of School Psychology
IS - 1
ER -