Table 4.

Probabilities of item parameters (ρ estimates) on student's concerns about bullying (Step 2).

Latent status		LS1	LS2	LS3	LS4
Response category		Yes
All	Physical	0.0380	0.3386	0.7844	0.2357
	Talking	0.0375	0.3568	0.8232	0.2919
	Cultural	0.0035	0.0715	0.7326	0.3276
	Belief	0.0087	0.1437	0.9664	0.6014
	Spread	0.0549	0.7499	0.9597	0.5069
	Verbal	0.0156	0.5932	0.9890	0.3083

LS stands for latent status; LS1 - Not concerned; LS2 - Rumor-concerned; LS3 - Most Concerned; LS4—social exclusion-concerned. Physical, concerned or afraid that you might be physically attached or hurt by another student or a group of students; Talking, concerned or afraid that you might have other students talk you into doing things that you are not comfortable with; Cultural, concerned or afraid that you might be made fun of or left out because of your culture or race; Belief, concerned or afraid that you might be made fun of or left out because of your beliefs or ideas; Spread, concerned or afraid that you might have rumors or gossip spread about you; Verbal, concerned or afraid that you might be verbally harassed or embarrassed at school. Bold indicates the probability > 0.50.