Investigating the psychometric properties of the Online Trolling Scale in students

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

3 M.A. of Psychology, Ardabil, Iran.

4 Ph.D. Student of Counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

Abstract

Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the psychometric properties of the Online Trolling Scale in students.
Method: The present research method was descriptive and of the type of psychometric studies. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the students of the second high school of Garmi city in the academic year of 2023-2024, from which 328 people were selected as a sample using available sampling method. To collect data, the Online Trolling Scale of Hamarta et al, the scale of Dark Tetrad of Atadokht et al, the emotional intelligence questionnaire of Bradbury-Graves and Sukhodolsku et al,s Anger Rumination scale were used. Internal consistency coefficient method (Cronbach's alpha) was used to check reliability, and confirmatory factor analysis and divergent validity were used to check validity.
Results: The results of the internal consistency coefficient showed that the 3-factor scale of Online Trolling has good reliability so that the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the Harm-Based Trolling factor is (α=0/92), for the Provocation-Based Trolling factor was (α=0/86), for the Fraudulent Based Trolling was (α=0/78) and (α=0/94) for the total scale. Also, the results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicate the appropriate construct validity of the current scale.
Conclusion: Therefore, it can be said that the Online Trolling Scale has sufficient validity and reliability to measure this construct in samples of Iranian students.

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April 2025
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