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Table 1
CBVS Sample Demographics
Ethnic Group Male Female Total
African American/Black 5 8 13
7.0% 9.2% 8.2%
Hispanic / Latino 8 4 4
5.1% 5.6% 4.6%
Asian American 7 2 5
4.0% 2.8% 5.7%
European American White 120 55 65
75.9% 77.5% 74.7%
Other 10 5 5
6.3% 7.0% 5.7%
All 71 87
44.9% 55.1%
Age in Years M = 10.35 SD = .499 N = 158
Measures
Children’s Bully/Victim Survey (CBVS)
The CBVS contains four hypothetical scenarios about bullying. In two of the scenarios,
the main character is a victim of bullying. In the other two scenarios, the main character is a
bystander who witnesses bullying. In addition, the form of bullying varies for across the type of
character: bystander and victim. That is, one bystander scenario involves physical bullying and
the other bystander scenario involves relational bullying. Likewise, one victim scenario involves
physical bullying and the other victim scenario involves physical relational.
After reading each scenario, the child is presented with a list of six to eight Action
Choices, which represent possible actions that the main character of the scenario could take in
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