Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children

Objective: Recent studies emphasize the importance of evaluation for relational /social behaviors (e.g., rejection,) as wellas overt behaviors (e.g., hitting) in the assessment of peer aggression and victimization among school children. For thisreason the present study aimed to evaluate the applicab...

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Main Authors: Arzu KURNAZ, Emine Gül KAPÇI
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Language:English
Published: Kare Publishing 2013-07-01
Series:Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi
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description Objective: Recent studies emphasize the importance of evaluation for relational /social behaviors (e.g., rejection,) as wellas overt behaviors (e.g., hitting) in the assessment of peer aggression and victimization among school children. For thisreason the present study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the two scales, namely Children’s Social Behavior Scale-Self Report -CSBS-SR (Crick & Grotpeter, 1995) and Children’s Self Experience Questionnaire-Self Report -CSEQ-SR(Crick & Grotpeter, 1996) for Turkish Elementary school children. CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR include overt and relationaldimensions of peer aggression and victimization respectively.Methods: A representative sample consisting of a total of 422 (boys n=205; girls n=207) and 415 children (n=210; girlsn=205) attending public and private elementary schools in Ankara were recruited for the validity and reliability studies ofthe CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR respectively. The Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (ROBVQ; Olweus, 1996) wereutilized for the criterion validity.Results: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the five factor model suggested for the CSBS-SR and three factormodel for the CSEQ-SR met the criteria standards for adequacy of fit. A moderate correlation of the CSBS-SR withROBVQ-Bully Subscale (r=.47) and moderate to high correlation of the CSEQ-SR with ROBVQ-Victim Subscale (r=.70)supported both scale’s criterion validitiy. CSBS-SR’s and CSEQ-SR’s test-retest reliability were found to be .64 and.80 and internal consistency assessed by Cronbach Alpha were found to be .84 and .90 respectively. T-test analysesfor independent groups demonstrated that boys had higher mean scores for overt aggression than girls (t(423)=3.025,p<.05). On the other hand girls had higher mean scores for relational victimization than boys (t(413)=3.213, p<.01). Therewere significant positive correlation of mean relational aggression scores with fathers’ education (r=.14) and family income(r=.15). Additionally overt and relational victimization mean scores were found to have negative correlation with parentaleducation (relational victimization for both mothers and fathers r=-.16; overt victimization for mothers r=-.16 and fathersr=-.18) and family income (for overt and relational victimization and r=-.14 and r=-.15 respectively). Finally relationalvictimation were found to correlate neagatively with age (r=-.09).Conclusion: CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR had acceptable validity and reliability properties. As relational aggression andvictimization were found to be related with several mental health problems among school children, both scales could beutilized in the evaluation of overt and relational dimensions of both agression and victimization among Turkish elementaryschool children
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spelling doaj-art-d47b4e7f5d8d4637aac19e56d370693c2025-02-03T06:14:14ZengKare PublishingBilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi2146-94902013-07-0122106115Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School ChildrenArzu KURNAZEmine Gül KAPÇIObjective: Recent studies emphasize the importance of evaluation for relational /social behaviors (e.g., rejection,) as wellas overt behaviors (e.g., hitting) in the assessment of peer aggression and victimization among school children. For thisreason the present study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the two scales, namely Children’s Social Behavior Scale-Self Report -CSBS-SR (Crick & Grotpeter, 1995) and Children’s Self Experience Questionnaire-Self Report -CSEQ-SR(Crick & Grotpeter, 1996) for Turkish Elementary school children. CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR include overt and relationaldimensions of peer aggression and victimization respectively.Methods: A representative sample consisting of a total of 422 (boys n=205; girls n=207) and 415 children (n=210; girlsn=205) attending public and private elementary schools in Ankara were recruited for the validity and reliability studies ofthe CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR respectively. The Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (ROBVQ; Olweus, 1996) wereutilized for the criterion validity.Results: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the five factor model suggested for the CSBS-SR and three factormodel for the CSEQ-SR met the criteria standards for adequacy of fit. A moderate correlation of the CSBS-SR withROBVQ-Bully Subscale (r=.47) and moderate to high correlation of the CSEQ-SR with ROBVQ-Victim Subscale (r=.70)supported both scale’s criterion validitiy. CSBS-SR’s and CSEQ-SR’s test-retest reliability were found to be .64 and.80 and internal consistency assessed by Cronbach Alpha were found to be .84 and .90 respectively. T-test analysesfor independent groups demonstrated that boys had higher mean scores for overt aggression than girls (t(423)=3.025,p<.05). On the other hand girls had higher mean scores for relational victimization than boys (t(413)=3.213, p<.01). Therewere significant positive correlation of mean relational aggression scores with fathers’ education (r=.14) and family income(r=.15). Additionally overt and relational victimization mean scores were found to have negative correlation with parentaleducation (relational victimization for both mothers and fathers r=-.16; overt victimization for mothers r=-.16 and fathersr=-.18) and family income (for overt and relational victimization and r=-.14 and r=-.15 respectively). Finally relationalvictimation were found to correlate neagatively with age (r=-.09).Conclusion: CSBS-SR and CSEQ-SR had acceptable validity and reliability properties. As relational aggression andvictimization were found to be related with several mental health problems among school children, both scales could beutilized in the evaluation of overt and relational dimensions of both agression and victimization among Turkish elementaryschool childrenhttp://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=45374Assaultive behaviorviolencechildscalereliabilityvalidity.
spellingShingle Arzu KURNAZ
Emine Gül KAPÇI
Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children
Bilişsel Davranışçı Psikoterapi ve Araştırmalar Dergisi
Assaultive behavior
violence
child
scale
reliability
validity.
title Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children
title_full Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children
title_fullStr Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children
title_full_unstemmed Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children
title_short Adaptation Studies of the Aggression and Victimization Scales for Elementary School Children
title_sort adaptation studies of the aggression and victimization scales for elementary school children
topic Assaultive behavior
violence
child
scale
reliability
validity.
url http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=45374
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