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Table 18
Predicting Action Choices from Teacher-Reposts of Children’s Social Behavior CBVS
Classification Table a
Predicted
Action Choice
Observed Aggressive Prosocial % Correct
Step 1 Action choice Aggressive 0 144
Prosocial 0 448 100.0
Overall % 77.2
Step 2 Action choice Aggressive 0 144
Prosocial 0 448 100.0
Overall % 77.2
Step 3 Action choice Aggressive 0 144
Prosocial 0 448 100.0
Overall % 77.2
a. The cut value is .500
The next research question considered the issue of whether or not teacher reports on the
Child Behavior Scale (CBS) were predictive of children’s Justification Choice responses on the
Children’s Bully/Victim Scale (CBVS).
Question Five
Do the teacher reports of children’s social behavior with peers as assessed by the Prosocial with
Peers subscale and the Aggressive Behavior with Peers subscale of the Child Behavior Scale
(CBS, Ladd & Profilet, 1996) relate to the children’s CBVS Justification Choices that are coded
as either Justice/Fair, Prosocial/Care, Aggressive/Retribution?
A multinominal Logistic Regression tested the following null hypotheses: (1) There is no
relationship between the teacher reports on the Prosocial with Peers subscale of the CBS and
children’s Justification Choices (Prosocial/Care vs. Aggressive/Retribution vs. Justice/Fair) and
(2) There is no relationship between the teacher reports on the Aggressive with Peers subscale of
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