Psychometric Properties of the CYBVICS Cyber-Victimization Scale and Its Relationship with Psychosocial Variables

Sofía Buelga, Belén Martínez-Ferrer, María-Jesús Cava and Jessica Ortega-Barón
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Sofía Buelga: Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain
Belén Martínez-Ferrer: Department of Education and Social Psychology, University Pablo Olavide, Sevilla 41013, Spain
María-Jesús Cava: Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia 46010, Spain
Jessica Ortega-Barón: Department of Psychology of Education and Psychobiology, Faculty of Education, International University of la Rioja (UNIR), Logroño 26006, Spain

Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: The main goal of the present study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the revised version of the Adolescent Cyber-Victimization Scale (CYBVICS). This scale is composed of 18 items that assess direct and indirect cyber-victimization. Two subsamples participated in the present study. Sample 1 included 1318 adolescents (47.4% boys) from 12 to 16 years old ( M = 13.89, SD = 1.32). Sample 2 was composed of 1188 adolescents (51.5% girls) from 12 to 16 years old ( M = 14.19, SD = 1.80). First, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted on sample 1. Results yielded a bifactor structure: direct cyber-victimization and indirect cyber-victimization. To confirm the structure of the CYBVICS, we selected sample 2 to perform confirmatory factor analysis and test its convergent validity with theoretically related measures. The results supported the reliability and validity of the two-factor model. In addition, measurement invariance was established. Related to convergent validity, positive correlations between cyber-victimization and peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and offensive communication with the mother and the father were found. Moreover, negative correlations were found between cyber-victimization and open communication with the mother and the father and family self-esteem.

Keywords: cyber-victimization; scale development; psychometric properties; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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