https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8 How might we measure bullying? what issues might we confront? en-us 2017-02-15 04:35:36 UTC 2017-02-15 19:18:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8/wish/153959646 Bullying can be measured in 4 ways

For Bullies
- Aggression scales
- Children social behavior scales ( a self report)

For victims of bullying
-Gatehouse bullying scale
-My life in school ( a checklist)

The first issue that arises is reductionism, as the use of quantitative data from the scales to measure bullying ignores psychological, behavioral, and social reasons to the bullying. However a self report amends this, as it provides an insight to the bully/victims psyche - providing a chance to find the true reasons for why they bully others. But an issue with self report is that a person might choose the answers which makes them seem more favorable to others, and with such a contentious issue such as bullying - a bully might change their answers in fear of being looked down upon by others. 

Strengths:
- Collection of quantitative data makes it easier to compare large amounts of data, and to quickly find an answer (i.e. how aggressive a person is - which can be found by how they scored on an Aggression Scale) 
- A self report provides an insight into the psyche of bullies, through which the root causes for why they bully can be found and tackled. 

Weaknesses:
- Use of quantitative data through scales is reductionist, as it ignores social, behavioral and psychological causes of bullying.
- A person might not be honest in their self report, and change answers to appear more favorable to others.

]]> 2017-02-15 10:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8/wish/153959646 nawaw_n_217 https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8/wish/154068004 The Bullying-Behaviour Scale (BBS; Austin, & Joseph, 1996) is designed to assess bullying behaviours in school. The BBS scale consists of 6-forced choice items, three of which refer to being the perpetrator of negative physical actions (e.g., hit and pushed, picked on, bullied) and three referring to being the perpetrator of negative verbal actions (e.g., teased, horrible names, laughed at).BBS is designed in the same format as the Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC; Harter, 1985). This allows the scale to be inserted within the SPPC in order to reduce the saliency of the items. Designed to be used in conjunction with the PVS (Neary & Joseph, 1994). When both scales are used in conjunction, researchers may be able to determine the grouping into which each child should be placed. As such, children may be categorised as victims only, bullies only, or being both a bully and a victim simultaneously. 

Strengths
- the scale is standardised and can be given to a large sample size, they can be seen as being more objective and scientific
- comparison's can be used to find out why people become bullies and what the dominant characteristics of bullies are
- as the scale is standardised , they are reliable measures because we can use them again and agian to see if we get similar results

Weakness
- the scale is a reductionist as it does not take into account biological and social causes of bullying
- as the participant has to choose between the items, their choice is forced. This causes the 'ceiling effects' which means the participant can only choose until the highest level of the item. For example the items of the scale may not suit the partcipants characteristic of bullying so he/she is forced to choose an item that is closest to his/her character.]]> 2017-02-15 16:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8/wish/154068004 https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8/wish/154126609 Various self-report measures of bullying have been developed, however there are several limitations that inhibit their applicability. The Forms of Bullying Scale (FBS) can measure bullying victimization (FBS-V) and perpetration (FBS-P). It was developed to be used by early teens to measure bullying perpetration and victimisation. 

The strengths of self report measures are that they may include open ended questions allowing for detailed answers. This means that someone looking can gain a holistic view of the person, allowing for a full evaluation of the person/case. The weakness is that it is very much based on the point of view of the person examining the reports, as there are no set indicators. Therefore perhaps a better method would be to use a scale, and ask the victim to rate how they are feeling, how detached they feel, how social they are, and using a scale would mean that the statistics can be compared to find a mean range. This is a more scientific method but is reductionist and thus lacks details.]]> 2017-02-15 18:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/panze_h_04/k9anhfr8a0s8/wish/154126609