Psychometric Properties of Cyber-Bullying/Victimization Experiences Questionnaire (CBVEQ) in Students

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

2 M.A. in Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

10.22098/jsp.2019.795

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate psychometric properties of Cyber-Bullying/Victimization Experiences Questionnaire in students. The population consisted of all high school students studying in 2016-2017. For this purpose, 420 students (245 boys and 175 girls) from high schools in Pars Abad city were selected by simple random sampling and they responded to the Cyber-Bullying/Victimization Experiences Questionnaire (Antoniadou et al., 2016). To analyze the data, internal consistency coefficient, test-retest, and confirmatory factor analysis were used. All analysis was done by SPSS 24 and LISREL 8.8. The results showed that Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the cyber bullying experience, cyber victimization experience, and total questionnaire were 0.75, 0.78 and 0.79, respectively. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed this model has a good fitness (CFI=0.92, NFI=0.91, and RMSEA=0.071). According to the results, it can be said that this questionnaire is a useful instrument for assessment and evaluating of cyber-bullying/victimization behaviors in adolescents.

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