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Psychometric properties of the cyberbullying triangulation questionnaire: A prevalence analysis through seven roles
Author(s) -
GonzálezCabrera Joaquin Manuel,
LeónMejía Ana,
Machimbarrena Juan Manuel,
Balea Angel,
Calvete Esther
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/sjop.12518
Subject(s) - psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , clinical psychology , aggression , developmental psychology , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics
This study explores the psychometric properties of the Cyberbullying Triangulation Questionnaire ( CTQ ), which measures and triangulates the roles of cybervictimization, cyberaggression, and cyberbystanding. The study sample was composed of 5,036 Spanish students with a mean age of 14.19 years ( SD = ±1.7; range = 10–23 years). Confirmatory factor analysis of the three correlated‐factor model yielded a high goodness of fit. Reliability as measured by Omega coefficients was adequate (>0.94). The measurement model was invariant for the two age groups (10–14 years and 15–23 years). Cybervictimization and cyberaggression correlated with offline victimization and aggression ( r = 0.49; p < 0.001; r = 0.57; p < 0.001, respectively). The results show that the most prevalent cyberbystanding subrole was that of the Defender of the Victim (54.6%), and that cyberaggression and cyberbystanding were more prevalent among male adolescents ( p < 0.001). The lack of parental control over children's use of the mobile phone was associated with cyberaggression ( p < 0.001).