The Development and Validation of the Bullying and Cyberbullying Scale for Adolescents
The Bullying and Cyberbullying Scale for Adolescents (BCS-A) is a self-report survey tool that measures experiences of different forms of bullying behaviour for youth aged 12-17 years. The seminal study is published in the British Journal of Educational Psychology (Thomas, Scott, Coates, & Connor, 2019).
The BCS-A measures experiences of both bullying victimisation (i.e., being bullied) and perpetration (i.e., bullying others). The survey also measures different forms of bullying behaviour – those which occur face-to-face as well as those that occur online. The BCS-A is empirically validated and supports the measurement of four broad forms of bullying behaviour: physical, verbal, relational and cyber.
The BCS-A can be used to estimate the proportion of youth involved in bullying at three levels:
- overall,
- by type of involvement (victimisation/perpetration), and
- by type of behaviour (physical/verbal/relational/cyber).
The BCS-A can also be used to calculate mean scores on the victimisation and perpetration scales, as well as the four associated sub-scales.
Funded by
Bryan Foundation
In Partnership with
UniQuest
Lead Investigator
Dr Hannah Thomas
Project Team
A/Prof James Scott
Prof Jason Connor (The University of Queensland)
