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Description of the scale

a. Bully Victimization Scale (BVS)

This scale was also developed by William M. Reynolds (2003) and translated into Bangla by

Nahar and Afrose (2010). The scale consists of 46 items providing scores on two scales the

bullying scale and victimization scale each scale consists 23 items. The items of the bullying

scale and victimization scale are interspersed on the BVS test protocol. Each item is scored

on the basis of a four point scale with response ranging from “Never” (scored 0 points) to

“Five or More Times” (scored 3 points).

The BVS Bullying scale measures a range of Bullying behaviors, including those that are

symptomatic of overt peer aggression, such as-throwing objects at other students, hitting &

fighting with other students etc. For example -“I pushed around other kids in schools”

Items on the Victimization scale include the assessment of overt peer aggression & relational

aggression directed at the participant. The 23 items on the BVS Victimization Scale measure

domains of various types of peer victimization including being physically assaulted by peers,

forced to do things they did not want to do, chased, called names etc. For example - “some

kids broke something of mine”.

Reliability. The original English scale demonstrates in internal consistency reliability for the

BVS Bullying Scale & BVS Victimization Scale. The Bullying Scale demonstrates a strong

internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.93 & the internal consistency reliability of the

victimization Scale was similarly high with coefficient alpha reliability of 0.93. And the test-

retest reliability coefficients (rtt) for Bullying are 0.81 & Victimization is .0.80.

Validity. The Bully Victimization Scales has criterion related validity & also the scale has

convergent validity.

Reliability of Bangla version:

Internal consistency of the Bangla version of Bullying scale was obtained Cronbach Alpha α

= .75 and Victimization scale was obtained Cronbach Alpha α = .71.

Scoring. The BVS are individually scored so that a BVS Bullying raw scale score & BVS

victimization raw scale score are derived, each based on 23 items. To score the Bullying scale

the response values for all the black “B” items were added and the subtotal was written at the
bottom of the page. Next the Victimization Scale by adding the response values for all the

blue “V” items and writing this subtotal at the bottom of the page. A high score in bullying

scale indicates that the participant has frequent engagement in bullying behavior and a high

score in victimization scale indicates victimized frequently by the peers. Lower scores

indicate that the participant is normal bulling & victimization by peers. Bullying highest

score 75, Bullying lowest score 58, Victims highest score 69, Victims lowest score 56

(The raw scores on the BVS are converted to T-scores with a mean of 50 and a standard

deviation of 10. On the Bullying Scale, T-scores below 58 fall in the Normal Range, scores from

58 to 65 fall in the Clinically Significant Range, scores from 66 to 74 fall in the Moderately

Severe Range, and scores above 75 fall in the Severe Range. Children who score in or above the

Moderately Severe Range on the questionnaire report that they bully others frequently.

On the Victimization Scale, T-scores below 56 are considered to be in the Normal Range,

scores of 56 to 63 fall in the Clinically Significant Range, scores of 64 to 68 fall in the

Moderately Severe Range, and scores above 69 fall in the Severe Range. Children who score in

or above the Moderately Severe Range report that they are victimized frequently and may be at

risk for developing social and/or emotional problems.)

Reff:

Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying at school: What we know and what we can do. Malden, MA:

Blackwell.

Reynolds, W. M. (2003). Bully Victimization Scale (BVS). Educational Research, 14,72-75.

Nahar, L. and Afrose, D., (2010). Bangla version of Bully victimization scale Unpublished Manuscript,
University of Dhaka.

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