Measuring Bullying, Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander ...

7. During school-related times in the past year, have you ever directed these
types of behaviors listed in Question 6 towards…
YES NO
a. A student the same sex as you a b
b. A student who is the other sex a b
c. A teacher or other school employee the same sex as you a b
d. A teacher or other school employee who is the other sex a b
8. A list of reasons why people say they have done the types of
behaviors in Question 6 to others follows. Do the following reasons
describe why you did these towards someone in the past year during
school-related times?
YES NO
a. It’s just part of school life; a lot of people do it; it’s no big deal a b
b.
I wanted that person to think I had some sort of power
over them
a b
c. I wanted something from that person a b
d. My friends encouraged me / “pushed” me into doing it a b
e. I thought the person liked it a b
f. I wanted a date with the person a b
Scoring Instructions
Questions 1 and 6:
a = 0 b = 1 c = 2 d = 3 e = missing value
For questions 1 and 6: Verbal/non-physical: Items
a–g, Physical: Items h–n
Item responses to questions 1 and 6 can be
summed to create a total score and/or verbal
and physical subscale scores can be separately
computed as indicated above. The range for the
total scores for these questions is 0 to 72; range
for the subscales is 0 to 21. Higher scores indicate
more sexual harassment experiences as either a
perpetrator or a victim.
Questions 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8: Yes = 1 No = 0
Item responses are summed individually and
analyzed accordingly.
References
American Association of University Women (2001).
Hostile hallways: The AAUW Survey of Sexual
Harassment in America’s Schools. Washington, DC.
Developer’s Contact Information
AAUW Educational Foundation
American Association of University Women
1111 Sixteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 800-326-2289 or 202-785-7700
connect@aauw.org
www.aauw.org
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