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Children’s Social Experience Questionnaire (CSEQ)
The CSEQ is teacher-report measure of children’s victimization by classmates and
children’s receipt of prosocial acts (Cullerton-Sen & Crick, 2005b). Three items assess teachers’
perceptions of children’s physical victimization. They include “This child gets hit or kicked by
peers,” “This child gets pushed or shoved by peers,” and “This child gets physically threatened
by peers.” Three items assess teachers’ perceptions of children’s relational victimization
experiences. They include “This child gets ignored by other children when a peer is mad at
them,” “This child gets left out of the group when someone is mad at them or wants to get back
at them,” and “This child is the target of rumors or gossip in the playgroup.” One item assesses
teachers’ perceptions of children’s receipt of prosocial acts. It is “This child gets help from peers
when s/he needs it.” The Likert response scale for each item ranges from 1 (this is never true of
this child) to 5 (this is almost always true of this child).
Findings from a previous study indicate high levels of internal consistency for each
subscale. The internal consistency as determined by Cronbach’s alpha for the relational
victimization subscale was .82 (M = 5.4, SD = 2.6, range = 5.20). The internal consistency as
determined by Cronbach’s alpha for the physical victimization subscale was .93 (M = 4.3, SD =
2.1, range = 4.2). The correlation between the Relational and Physical victimization subscales
was .51 (p < .01), indicating that the CSEQ measures similar yet distinct forms of victimization
(Cullerton-Sen & Crick, 2005b). The CSEQ with subscales is found in Appendix B.
In addition, the teacher’s survey for the current contained one item that assessed
children’s intellectual ability. Teachers rated each child for perceived intellectual ability on a 5-
point Likert response option with 5 = high intellectual ability, 4 = above average intellectual
ability, 3 = average intellectual ability, 2 = below average intellectual ability, and 1 = low
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