Bully Index (BI)

1. Students in this school fear other students.
2. Bullying students is commonplace in this school.
3. Teachers in this school generally overlook student bullying.
4. Teachers in this school reach out to help students who are harassed by other students.
5. Student ruffians in this school intimidate other students.
6. Students in this school make fun of other students.
7. In this school‚ 
teachers ignore students intimidating other students.
8. Students in this school threaten others with physical harm.
9. Students threaten other students in this school.
10. In this school‚ 
there are too many student thugs.
11. In this school‚ 
students intimidating other students is not permitted.
12. Rowdy student behaviour is common in this school.
13. In this school‚ 
teachers try to protect students who are different 
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Student Bullying (0.96)‚ Teacher Protection (0.73
 
1= Strongly
Disagree‚ 2= Disagree‚ 3= Somewhat Disagree‚ 4= Somewhat Agree‚ 5= Agree‚ 6= Strongly
Agree
Student Bullying‚ items 1‚ 2‚ 5‚ 6‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10‚ and 12
Teacher Protection‚ items 3‚ 4‚ 7‚ 11‚ and 13
Reverse score items 3‚ and 7
 
This instrument can be found at: http://www.waynekhoy.com/pdfs/Bully_Scale.pdf    
 

Smith‚ P. A. & Hoy‚ W. K. (2004). Teachers’ perceptions of student bullying: A conceptual and empirical analysis. Journal of School Leadership‚ 14‚ 308-326.

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