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

C9. Peer Interactions in Primary School Questionnaire
Grade__________________ Date_______________ I am a (circle one) Boy Girl
Place an X in the box.
A lot Sometimes Never
1. Other students make me cry
2. I tease other students
3. Other students take things from me that I do not want to give them
4. I push or slap other students
5. Other students look at me in a mean way
6. I tell other students I will hit or hurt them
7. At recess, I play by myself
8. I say mean things about a student to make other kids laugh
9. Another student tells me they will hurt me
10. I make other students feel sad on purpose
11. I am hit or kicked by other students
12. I call other students bad names
13. Other students tease me
14. I am mean to other students
15. Other students ignore me on purpose
16. I hit or kick other students
17. Other students make me feel sad
18. I feel bad because I am mean to other students
19. Other students make fun of me
20. I want to stay home from school because students are mean to me
21. I give other students mean or “dirty” looks
22. Other students leave me out of games on purpose
Copyright © 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW). Reproduced by special permission of the publisher, LWW, 351 W Camden Street, 4 North, Baltimore, MD
21201 from: Psychometric Properties of the Peer Interactions in Primary School (PIPS) questionnaire by Thomas Tarshis and Lynne Huffman in the Journal of
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 2007, Volume 28, pp. 125–132. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission from LWW.
Scoring Instructions
Point values are assigned as follows:
Never = 0 Sometimes = 1 A Lot = 2
Victim subscale: Items 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17,
19, 20, and 22
Bully subscale: Items 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,
18, and 21
Items on each subscale are summed. The intended
range for the Victim subscale is 0–24, with higher
scores indicating more victimization. The intended
range for the Bully subscale is 0–20, with higher
scores indicating more bully perpetration.
References
Tarshis, T. P., & Huffman, L. C. (2007).
Psychometric properties of the Peer Interactions
in Primary School (PIPS) questionnaire. Journal
of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 28,
125–132.
Developer’s Contact Information
Thomas Tarshis, MD
Bay Area Children’s Association
20380 Town Center Lane, Suite 215
Cupertino, CA 95014
Tel: 408-996-7950
ttarshis@bayareachild.org
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