Gatehouse Bullying Scale
Bond‚ Wolfe‚ Tollit‚ Butler‚ & Patton‚ 2007
© 2007 Blackwell Publishing
1a. Has anyone TEASED YOU or CALLED YOU NAMES recently?
0 No (skip to 2a)
1 YES
1b. How often?
1 Most days
2 About once a week
3 Less than once a week
1c. How upsetting was it when you were teased?
1 Not at all
2 A bit
3 I was quite upset
2a. Has anyone spread RUMOURS ABOUT YOU recently?
0 No (skip to 3a)
1 YES
2b. How often?
1 Most days
2 About once a week
3 Less than once a week
2c. How upsetting were the rumours?
1 Not at all
2 A bit
3 I was quite upset
3a. Have you been DELIBERATELY LEFT OUT OF THINGS recently?
0 No (skip to 3a)
1 YES
3b. How often?
1 Most days
2 About once a week
3 Less than once a week
3c. How upsetting was it being left out of things?
1 Not at all
2 A bit
3 I was quite upset
4a. Have you been THREATENED PHYSICALLY OR ACTUALLY HURT by another student recently?
0 No (skip to 3a)
1 YES
4b. How often?
1 Most days
2 About once a week
3 Less than once a week
4c. How upsetting was it being threatened or hurt?
1 Not at all
2 A bit
3 I was quite upset
Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Publishing. Reproduced by special permission of the publisher‚ Blackwell Publishing‚ 9600 Garsington Road‚ Oxford OX4 2DQ‚ UK‚ from: A comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for students in secondary schools by Lyndal Bond‚ Sarah Wolfe‚ Michelle Tollit‚ Helen Butler‚ and George Patton. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission from Blackwell Publishing.
This tool touches on the following keywords:
· Violence and Bullying
· Peer Relationships
· Delinquency and Antisocial Behavior
This instrument can be found on page 12 of Measuring Bullying Victimization‚ Perpetration‚ and Bystander Experiences:A Compendium of Assessment Tools‚ available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/bullycompendiumbk-a.pdf
Point values are assigned as follows:
0 = Not bullied
1 = Bullied but not frequently and not upset
2 = Bullied‚ either frequently or upset‚ but not both
3 = Bullied frequently and upset
Bond‚ L.‚ Wolfe‚ S.‚ Tollit‚ M.‚ Butler‚ H.‚ & Patton‚ G. (2007). A comparison of the Gatehouse Bullying Scale and the Peer Relations Questionnaire for students in secondary school. Journal of School Health‚ 77‚ 75–79.
Developer’s Contact Information
Lyndal Bond‚ PhD
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ‚ UK
Tel: +44 141 357 3949
Gatehouse Project: http://wch.org.au/gatehouseproject/resources/index.cfm?doc_id=175.