Reynolds Bully-Victimization Scales for Schools

W. Reynolds

Bully-Victimization Scale (BVS), Bully-Victimization Distress Scale (BVDS), School Violence Anxiety Scale (SVAS)

These three self-report, standardised instruments form a comprehensive picture of a child’s experience of peer-related threat, level of distress and anxiety related to school safety. Results can provide benchmarks for identifying a child for intervention, or for identifying what students perceive as a threatening or unsafe school environment.

Bully-Victimization Scale (BVS)

The BVS provides for the identification of youngsters who are being bullied and students who engage in bullying behaviour.
It may be used individually and as a school-based screening measure for the identification of bullies and bully-victims.

Bully-Victimization Distress Scale (BVDS)

The BVDS is a measure of students’ psychological response to bullying and determines the internalising and externalising nature of this distress.

School Violence Anxiety Scale (SVAS)

The SVAS evaluates anxiety about the school as a safe environment, inc