Coping with Teasing and Name-Calling Scale for Children
Keywords:
Coping with teasing; name-calling; bullying; confirmatory factor analysisAbstract
The aim of this study was to develop a Coping with Teasing
and Name-Calling Scale for Children (C-TANCS-C). A sample of 317
students (156 girls, 161 boys) completed C-TANCS-C. Principal
components factor analysis and direct oblique rotation were used for
exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and confirmatory factor analysis
(CFA) was used to confirm the obtained factors. The results of EFA
revealed that C-TANCS-C had three factors (aggression, ignoring, and
convincing) with 12 items. 12 Items explained 62.94 % of the total
variance. The results of CFA demonstrated that the 12 items loaded on
three factors and the model had an acceptable fit (x²= 120.15, df= 51,
RMSEA=.069, NNFI=.94, CFI=.97, IFI=.97, and SRMR=.061). The
internal consistency coefficients were .82 for the overall scale, .81 for
aggression, and .78 for convincing factor. The corrected item-total
correlations ranged from .26 to .62. In terms of convergent validity, CTANCS-C scores were found to be positively and significantly
correlated with Rosenberg self-esteem scale (r= .19, = 31.63, sd= 5.23, α=
.01), and hope scale scores (r= .30, = 28.78, sd= 5.57, α= .01). The study
also revealed that coping levels of students C-TANCS-C scores changed
according to gender and grade, were girls’ coping levels were higher
than boys, coping levels of students were highest at 4th grade, lowest at
7th grade. Overall findings demonstrated that this scale is a valid and
reliable.
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