Rabia Khawar.
Validation of the Urdu Version of Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ).
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;12(1):24-8.

Objective: The study intended to validate the Urdu version of Revised Olweus Bully Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) in our local settings. Design: Exploratory study Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in different public and private schools of Lahore during 2012 to 2014. Participants and Methods: Participants were 817 students from grades four to six of 12 public and private schools of Lahore. Additionally, 106 teachers participated in bullying nomination of students. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a good model fit with acceptable values on indices and parameter estimates supporting the construct validity of the instrument. The reliability coefficients for bullying and victimization were comparable to international studies. Significant relationship between the OBVQ 8 types of victimization and bullying and two corresponding global items demonstrated concurrent validity. Children were involved in bullying roles with larger proportion in bully-victim group. OBVQ-Urdu version demonstrated concordance with the teacher nominations of bullying. Conclusion: The Urdu version of OBVQ has good psychometric properties and is appropriate for measuring the involvement of Pakistani school students in a variety of bullying behaviors.

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