Research Article

Assessing Bully/Victim Problems in Preschool Children: A Multimethod Approach

Table 3

Central participant roles in preschool children.

Peer and selfPeer and teachersPeer and observationsSelf and teachersSelf and observationsTeachers and observations

Verbal bullying = .041 = .534 = .050 = .057 = .134 = .109
Sig. = .41Sig. = .000***Sig. = .28Sig. = .26Sig. = .006**Sig. = .05

Physical bullying = .048 = .638 = .117 = .051 = .128 = .218
Sig. = .39Sig. = .000***Sig. = .033*Sig. = .28Sig. = .006**Sig. = .000***

Social exclusion = .090 = .584 = .169 = .122 = .219 = .248
Sig. = .08Sig. = .000***Sig. = .002**Sig. = .013*Sig. = .000***Sig. = .000***

Rumor spreading = .021 = .588 = .001 = .030 = −.017 = −.017
Sig. = .63Sig. = .000***Sig. = .97Sig. = .52Sig. = .57Sig. = .53

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