J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2001 Sep;40(5):867-875.

Development of Korean-Peer Nomination Inventory(K-PNI):An Inventory to Evaluate School Bullying

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  • 1Department of psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
School bullying is known to be related to behavioral, emotional and social problems both in victims and perpetrators. The aims of this study are to develop a Korean-Peer Nomination Inventory(K-PNI), which can identify victims and perpetrators of school bullying in an objective and effective way, and to examine its reliability and validity.
METHODS
Fourth to 6 th graders of two elementary schools in An Yang city completed K-PNI, Peer Acceptance Scale and Self-Perception Scale. Varimax Rotation Factor Analysis, Cronbach's Alpha Reliability Analysis and Pearson's Correlational Analysis were performed for statistical analyses.
RESULTS
Total of 532 students(male:female=1:1;4 th:5 th:6 th grader=1:1:1.2) participate in this study. Factor analysis showed that K-PNI identified victims and perpetrators of school bullying effectively with excellent reliability(Chrobach's alpha;0.90-0.94). Victims were further divided into two categories;passive bullying including exclusion and verbal abuse, and active bullying including physical abuse and being forced. K-PNI, Peer acceptance scale and Self-perception scale were significantly correlated, reflecting its validity identifying victims and perpetrators of school bullying.
CONCLUSION
K-PNI is an effective tool with excellent reliability and validity to identify victims and perpetrators of school bullying. K-PNI is expected to be a useful tool in future studies of school bullying and school violence.

Keyword

K-PNI; School bullying; Reliability; Validity

MeSH Terms

Bullying*
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Social Problems
Violence
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