Peer Victimization Scale Test

Understand which forms of school bullying a child may face in about 3 minutes. A brief 16 item check highlights physical, verbal, social, and belongings related victimization to guide next steps.

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October 2, 2025

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

5/8

Property Victimization (PV)

Assesses how often a child experiences theft, damage, or taking of personal belongings by peers.

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0 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 8: High

A score of 5 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting these property-related incidents occur sometimes to fairly often.

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3/8

Social Manipulation (SM)

Measures how often a child experiences peer social exclusion, rumor-spreading, or other forms of social pressure and manipulation.

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0 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 8: High

A score of 3 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional experiences of social manipulation such as exclusion or gossip.

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2/8

Verbal Victimization (VV)

Verbal victimization measures how often a person experiences insults, teasing, or other verbal aggression from peers.

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Moderate

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0 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 8: High

A score of 2 falls in the Low range, suggesting infrequent experiences of verbal bullying compared with higher scores on this scale.

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7/8

Physical Victimization (PV)

Measures how often a child experiences physical bullying from peers, such as hitting or pushing.

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Moderate

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0 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 8: High

A score of 7 falls in the High range, suggesting frequent or intense experiences of physical aggression from peers.

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22/32

Peer Victimization (PV)

Measures how often a child experiences peer victimization across physical, verbal, social, and property-related bullying behaviors.

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Moderate

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0 – 10: Low | 11 – 21: Moderate | 22 – 32: High

A score of 22 falls in the High range, suggesting frequent experiences of negative treatment from peers across one or more victimization types.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School psychologists and counselors

41%OF USERS

They use it to map which forms of peer bullying are most common in a class or group and guide prevention planning.

Education and psychology researchers

34%OF USERS

They take it to collect standardized data on physical, verbal, social, and property-related victimization for studies and evaluations.

Parents and caregivers

25%OF USERS

They use it to better understand what a child may be experiencing at school and to prepare for informed conversations with staff.

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Encroachments on property (Eop)

Average

3.5

Normal range

2.4 — 4.6

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Social Manipulation (SM)

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5.9

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4.5 — 7.3

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Verbal Victimization (VV)

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3.3

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1.8 — 4.8

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Physical victimization (Pv)

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2.7

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1.7 — 3.8

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Peer Victimization Scale (PVS)

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23.8

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18.1 — 29.4

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how often a student experiences different forms of peer victimization at school. Items cover physical, verbal, social, and property-related incidents.

What types of experiences are included?

The items assess physical aggression, verbal harassment, social manipulation, and attacks on belongings. Examples include hitting or pushing, name-calling, exclusion or gossip, and theft or damage.

How are responses recorded?

Each item is rated by frequency of occurrence. Responses should reflect how often each situation has happened within the specified time frame used by the study.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

The standard form includes 16 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. A longer 45-item form may be used when more detail is required.

Can the results be used to diagnose bullying or make decisions about an individual student?

The measure was developed for research and program evaluation rather than clinical or school-based diagnosis. Results are intended to describe patterns of victimization and support group-level analysis.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Peer Victimization Scale Test

bullying

This brief self-report measure assesses exposure to peer bullying and related victimization experiences in school-aged populations. The Peer Victimization Scale is designed to support systematic description of victimization patterns for research and program evaluation rather than serving as a stand-alone diagnostic tool.

The instrument includes 16 items and typically requires about 3 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to rate the frequency of specific experiences that commonly reflect physical, verbal, relational/social, and property-related victimization. The Peer Victimization Scale may be used to quantify victimization domains, monitor change over time, and characterize samples in clinical, school, or community-based studies.

Author: psytests.org (2024)

Literature: Mynard, H., & Joseph, S. Development of the multidimensional peer-victimization scale. Aggressive Behavior. 2000.; Olweus, D. Bullying at school: what we know and what we can do. Blackwell. 1993.

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