Citation

Palladino BE, Nocentini A, Menesini E. Cyberpsychol. Behav. Soc. Netw. 2015; 18(2): 112-119.

Affiliation

Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Florence , Florence, Italy .

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Mary Ann Liebert Publishers)

DOI

10.1089/cyber.2014.0366

PMID

25599108

Abstract

The present study tried to answer the research need for empirically validated and theoretically based instruments to assess cyberbullying and cybervictimization. The psychometric properties of the Florence CyberBullying-CyberVictimization Scales (FCBVSs) were analyzed in a sample of 1,142 adolescents (Mage=15.18 years; SD=1.12 years; 54.5% male). For both cybervictimization and cyberbullying, results support a gender invariant model involving 14 items and four factors covering four types of behaviors (written-verbal, visual, impersonation, and exclusion). The second-order confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that a "global," second-order measure of cyberbullying and cybervictimization fits the data well. Overall, the scales showed good validity (construct, concurrent, and convergent) and reliability (internal consistency and test-retest). In addition, using the global key question measure as a criterion, ROC analyses, determining the ability of a test to discriminate between groups, allowed us to identify cutoff points to classify respondents as involved/not involved starting from the continuum measure derived from the scales.

Language: en