Table 4.

Factor loadings based on a principal components analysis with a varimax rotation for items for the attitudes measure of the SPM (N = 150)

Attitudes	Internal attitudes	External attitudes
1. I understood that what I was doing was wrong despite my actions		.88
2. My attitudes were different to the role I played		.82
3. I believed it was necessary to behave in the way that I did		.70
4. I disapproved of bullying despite my role	.82
5. I approved of bullying	.78
6. I believed that if students got bullied, then they deserved it	.75