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scored above the 66 th percentile on victimization and at or below on the 66 th percentile on
aggression. Bully/Victims were identified as children who scored above the 66 th percentile on
aggression and above the 66 th percentile on victimization. Nonbully/nonvictims were identified
as children who scored below the 66 th percentile on aggression and below the 66 th percentile on
victimization. Precedent for this methodology can be found in Pellegrini et al. (1999), Schwartz
(2000), and Huitsing, et al. (2007). See Table 2.
Table 2
Bully/Victim Group Membership Demographics
Bully/Victim Membership Count Total Male Female
Nonbully/Nonvictim 98 (62.0%) 45 (63.4%) 53 (60.9%)
Victim 15 (9.5%) 9 (12.7%) 6 (6.9%)
Bully 18 (11.3%) 7 (9.9%) 11 (12.6%)
Bully/Victim 27 (17.1%) 10 (14.1%) 17 (19.5%)
N = 158, n (male) = 71, n (female) = 87
A Chi-Square (Ҳ 2 ) test on independence was used to determine whether or not there was a
dependency between children’s Bully/Victim group membership as perceived by teachers and
children’s selection of different categories CBVS Action Choices and different categories on
CBVS Justification Choices.
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