title: Validation of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire for Colombian Adolescents.
abstract: Cyberbullying is the act of using unjustified aggression to harm or harass via digital devices. Currently regarded as a widespread problem, the phenomenon has attracted growing research interest in different measures of cyberbullying and the similarities and differences across countries and cultures. This article presents the Colombian validation of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (ECIPQ) involving 3,830 high school students (M = 13.9 years old, standard deviation = 1.61; 48.9 percent male), of which 1,931 were Colombian and 1,899 Spanish. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), content validation, and multigroup analysis were performed with each of the sample subgroups. The optimal fits and psychometric properties obtained confirm the robustness and suitability of the assessment instrument to jointly measure cyber-aggression and cyber-victimization. The results corroborated the theoretical construct and the two-dimensional and universal nature of cyberbullying. The multigroup analysis showed that cyberbullying dynamics are similar in both countries. The comparative analyses of prevalence revealed that Colombian students are less involved in cyberbullying. The results indicate the suitability of the instrument and the advantages of using such a tool to evaluate and guide psychoeducational interventions aimed at preventing cyberbullying in countries where few studies have been performed.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Psychology, University of Nariño (UDENAR) , San Juan de Pasto, Colombia .
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herrera-López
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba (UCO) , Córdoba, Spain .
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Casas
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba (UCO) , Córdoba, Spain .
authors.forename: Eva M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Romera
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Psychology, University of Córdoba (UCO) , Córdoba, Spain .|3 Department of Psychology, University of Sevilla , Sevilla, Spain .
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ortega-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Psychology, Social Work and Counselling, University of Greenwich , London, United Kingdom .
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del Rey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D058445:Bullying / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003105:Colombia; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Colombia; ECIPQ; Spain; cyberbullying; validation