Scales for perceived risk of student-on-student victimization in grades 7 through 10: A psychometric analysis of the adolescent index on school safety |
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Authors: | John Kerbs PhD Kyubeom Choi PhD Stephen Rollin EdD Robert Gutierrez EdD Isabelle Potts JD Jayme Harpring PhD Alia H Creason PhD Tam Dao MS |
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Institution: | (1) Korea National Police University, USA;(2) Florida State University, USA;(3) College of Human Ecology, Department of Criminal Justice, East Carolina University, RW-234 Rivers Building, 27858-4353 Greenville, NC |
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Abstract: | Although past research has developed scales for the incidence, prevalence, and fear of student-on-student victimization (SSV),
little is known about the scaling of perceived risk (i.e., the cognitive appraisal of the chances of experiencing SSV). Hence,
this study examined self-report survey data for the perceived risk of SSV as measured in the Adolescent Index for School Safety
(AISS). Children in grades 7 through 10 (n=337) in a single Florida public school completed the AISS. Factor analyses using
Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Oblimin Rotation identified nine unique factors for perceived risk. Reliability analyses
found standardized Cronbach Alphas that ranged from .64 to .91, and seven out of the nine identified scales were above .80,
which suggested good to excellent internal consistency. Future research should examine the content validity, construct validity,
and predictive validity for the AISS and other self-report surveys of SSV dynamics.
This publication was made possible by a grant #97-MU-FX-KO12 (S-l)] from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(O.J.J.D.P.), United States Department of Justice (U.S.D.O.J.). This grant is administered through the Hamilton Fish National
Institute on School and Community Violence at George Washington University. This specific study was developed and implemented
by staff at: 1) East Carolina University’s Department of Criminal Justice; and 2) Florida State University’s Center for Educational
Research and Policy Studies. All points of view and opinions in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the official position or policies of East Carolina University, Florida State University, the Hamilton Fish National
Institute on School and Community Violence, the O.J.J.D.P., or the U.S.D.OJ. The authors would also like to thank Dr. Bill
Doerner and Jennifer Jolley for their support, editorial feedback, and insightful comments regarding earlier drafts of this
paper. |
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