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Second, Table 4 presents the descriptive data and internal consistencies for the Aggressive Action Choices subscale by each story on the CBVS. The means for the Aggressive Action Choices subscale for each story suggests that the items representing aggressive actions were rated by children as either “very bad” (1) or “kind of bad” (2). However, internal consistencies for CBVS Aggressive Actions are low across all four stories. Bystander character / physical victimization story 1 and victim character / relational victimization story 4 showed greater reliabilities (.4447, .5354 respectively) than victim character / physical victimization story 2 (.2069) for Aggressive Actions. Bystander character / relational victimization story 3 shows a negative reliability (-.0617) for Aggressive Actions. Victim character / relational victimization story 4 showed the highest reliability for Aggressive Actions. The correlations for Aggressive Actions were all positive across all four stories. Story 1 and story 2 showed a low moderate (.2328) correlation at the .01 level of significance. Story 1 and story 3 showed the highest correlation (.6291) at the .01 level of significance followed by story 1 and story 4 showing a moderate correlation (.4268) at the .01 level of significance. Story 2 and story 4 showed a moderate level of correlation (.4897) at the .01 level of significance. Story 3 and story 4 showed a moderately low correlation (.3224) at the .01 level of significance. Story 2 and story 3 showed a low correlation (.1975) at the .05 level of significance.. See Table 4. 74

Table 4 Psychometric Properties for Rated Data on the CBVS Aggressive Action Subscales Items Mean SD Range Cronbach’s α Story 1 [Bystander/Physical] 4 1.5949 .4303 1.00-3.75 .4447 Story 2 [Victim/Physical] 3 2.2110 .5404 1.00-2.00 .2069 Story 3 [Bystander/Relational] 3 2.3755 .4399 1.00-3.33 - .0617 Story 4 [Victim/Relational] 3 1.6498 .6099 1.00-3.33 .5354 Correlation Matrix for Rated Data on the CBVS Aggressive Action Subscales Story 1 Story 2 Story 3 Story 4 Story 1 1.0000 ---- ---- ---- Story 2 .2328** 1.0000 ---- ---- Story 3 .6291** .1975* 1.0000 ---- Story 4 .4268** .4897** .3224** 1.0000 N = 632 responses, 158 for each story **Correlation is significant at the .01 level (2-tailed) *Correlation is significant at the .05 level (2-tailed) Third, Table 5 presents the descriptive data and internal consistencies for the Prosocial/Care Justification Choices subscales by each story on the CBVS. However, the internal consistencies for CBVS Prosocial/Care Justifications are very low across all four stories. Bystander character / physical victimization story 1 showed the greatest reliability (.2754) for Prosocial/Care Justifications of all four stories. Victim character / relational victimization story 4 showed a near zero reliability for Prosocial/Care Justifications. Victim character / physical victimization story 2 and bystander character / relational victimization story 3 showed negative reliabilities (-.005, -.1.13 respectively) for Prosocial/Care Justifications. 75

Second, Table 4 presents the descriptive data and internal consistencies for the<br />

Aggressive Action Choices subscale by each story on the CBVS. <strong>The</strong> means for the Aggressive<br />

Action Choices subscale for each story suggests that the items representing aggressive actions<br />

were rated by children as either “very bad” (1) or “kind <strong>of</strong> bad” (2). However, internal<br />

consistencies for CBVS Aggressive Actions are low across all four stories. Bystander character /<br />

physical victimization story 1 and victim character / relational victimization story 4 showed<br />

greater reliabilities (.4447, .5354 respectively) than victim character / physical victimization<br />

story 2 (.2069) for Aggressive Actions. Bystander character / relational victimization story 3<br />

shows a negative reliability (-.0617) for Aggressive Actions. Victim character / relational<br />

victimization story 4 showed the highest reliability for Aggressive Actions.<br />

<strong>The</strong> correlations for Aggressive Actions were all positive across all four stories. Story 1<br />

and story 2 showed a low moderate (.2328) correlation at the .01 level <strong>of</strong> significance. Story 1<br />

and story 3 showed the highest correlation (.6291) at the .01 level <strong>of</strong> significance followed by<br />

story 1 and story 4 showing a moderate correlation (.4268) at the .01 level <strong>of</strong> significance. Story<br />

2 and story 4 showed a moderate level <strong>of</strong> correlation (.4897) at the .01 level <strong>of</strong> significance.<br />

Story 3 and story 4 showed a moderately low correlation (.3224) at the .01 level <strong>of</strong> significance.<br />

Story 2 and story 3 showed a low correlation (.1975) at the .05 level <strong>of</strong> significance.. See Table<br />

4.<br />

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