Research Article
Assessing Bully/Victim Problems in Preschool Children: A Multimethod Approach
Table 2
Frequencies of participant roles according to source of information in relation to the four forms of bullying.
| | | Verbal bullying | Physical bullying | Social exclusion | Rumour spreading | | | | % | | % | | % | | % |
| | Peer nominations | | | | | | | | | | Victims | 38 | 22.8% | 46 | 27.5% | 41 | 24.6% | 14 | 8.4% | | Bullies | 46 | 27.5% | 34 | 20.4% | 45 | 26.9% | 40 | 24% | | Bully/victims | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| | Total central roles | 84 | 50.3% | 80 | 47.9% | 86 | 51.5% | 54 | 32.4% |
| | Children not involved in central roles | 83 | 49.7% | 87 | 52.1% | 81 | 48.5% | 113 | 67.7% |
| | Self-reports | | | | | | | | | | Victims | 65 | 39.2% | 76 | 45.8% | 72 | 43.4% | 22 | 13.3% | | Bullies | 2 | 1.2% | 5 | 3% | 3 | 1.8% | 2 | 1.2% | | Bully/victims | 2 | 1.2% | 7 | 4.2% | 4 | 2.4% | 1 | .6% |
| | Total central roles | 69 | 41.6% | 88 | 53% | 79 | 47.6% | 25 | 15.1% |
| | Children not involved in central roles | 97 | 58.4% | 78 | 47% | 87 | 52.4% | 141 | 84.9% |
| | Teacher reports | | | | | | | | | | Victims | 22 | 13.2% | 22 | 13.2% | 29 | 17.4% | 3 | 2% | | Bullies | 30 | 18.2% | 27 | 16.2% | 36 | 21.6% | 3 | 2% | | Bully/victims | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| | Total central roles | 52 | 31.4% | 49 | 29.4% | 66 | 39% | 6 | 4% |
| | Children not involved in central roles | 115 | 68.9% | 118 | 70.7% | 101 | 60.5% | 161 | 96% |
| | Observations | | | | | | | | | | Victims | 6 | 3.6% | 31 | 18.6% | 18 | 10.7% | 1 | .6% | | Bullies | 11 | 6.6% | 31 | 18.6% | 24 | 14.4% | 1 | .6% | | Bully/victims | 4 | 2.4% | 9 | 5.4% | 5 | 3% | 0 | 0% |
| | Total central roles | 21 | 12.6% | 71 | 42.6% | 47 | 28.2% | 2 | 1.2 |
| | Children not involved in central roles | 146 | 87.4% | 96 | 57.5% | 120 | 71.9% | 165 | 98.8% |
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