Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Student Self-Reports of Campus Violence

Responses of 109 students who failed reliability or validity checks on a school climate and violence questionnaire were compared with those of a randomly matched group who answered consistently and accurately. Results indicated significant differences in terms of school violence victimization and pe...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1997-04, Vol.26 (2), p.187-202
Main Authors: Rosenblatt, Jennifer A, Furlong, Michael J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Campuses
Children & youth
Educational Environment
Educational psychology
Elementary School Students
Elementary Secondary Education
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heuristic
High School Students
Junior High School Students
Measures (Instruments)
Orientation. Evaluation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Public Schools
Questionnaires
Recall
Reliability
Research methodology
Research Responses
School Safety
School violence
Self evaluation
Self Report Measures
Selfreport measures
Student Attitudes
Students
USA
Validity
Victimization
Victims of Crime
Violence
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Summary:Responses of 109 students who failed reliability or validity checks on a school climate and violence questionnaire were compared with those of a randomly matched group who answered consistently and accurately. Results indicated significant differences in terms of school violence victimization and perceived danger at school. (SLD)
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1023/A:1024552531672