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Cyberbullying among Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the CYB-AGS Cyber-Aggressor Scale

Sofía BuelgaJessica Ortega-barónJavier PostigoBelén Martínez-ferrerMaría Jesús Cava

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MalevalidityAdolescentPsychometricsHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPoison controllcsh:Medicine050109 social psychologySample (statistics)cyber-aggressionAdolescentsArticleCyberbullyingSurveys and QuestionnairesHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesMeasurement invarianceChildCrime Victimsreliability05 social scienceslcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthscale developmentReproducibility of ResultsExploratory factor analysisConfirmatory factor analysisTest (assessment)Cross-Sectional StudiesConvergent validityScale (social sciences)FemaleadolescencePsychologyPsicometria050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychology

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The present study aims to analyze the psychometric properties of the revised version of the Adolescent Cyber-Aggressor scale (CYB-AGS). This scale is composed of 18 items that measure direct and indirect cyberbullying. A cross-sectional study was conducted using two independent samples of adolescents. The first sample included 1318 adolescents (52.6% girls) from 12 to 16 years old (M = 13.89, SD = 1.32). The second sample included 1188 adolescents (48.5% boys) from 12 to 16 years old (M = 14.19, SD = 1.80). First, to study the psychometric properties of the CYB-AGS, exploratory factor analysis was performed on Sample 1. Results indicated a two-factor structure: direct cyber-aggression and indirect cyber-aggression. Second, to verify the structure of the CYB-AGS, we selected Sample 2 to conduct confirmatory factor analysis and test the scale&rsquo

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-04-01International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
10.3390/ijerph17093090https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/9/3090