Abstract
A scale was developed to examine elementary school children’s perspectives on bullying and its factor structure,
reliability and validity were examined. A questionnaire survey was conducted with fourth to sixth graders (N=599)
about their perspectives on bullying. Explanatory factor analyses (maximum likelihood procedure, promax rotation)
were conducted and the factor structure was refined. As a result, the “Scale of Elementary School Children’s
Perspectives on Bullying,” which consists of three factors and 11 items, was developed. The factors were: “Limited
acceptance for the bullying,” “A keen sense of bullying,” and “Solvability for the bullying.” Furthermore, adequate
reliability and validity of the scale were confirmed.
