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The scale allows to asses cyberbullying perpetrated by the aggressor.
The instrument is comprised of 18 items that allow the assessment of cyberbullying perpetrated by the aggressor.
It consists of two sub-scales to measure direct and indirect cyber-aggressions:
The direct cyber-aggressions sub-scale consists of eight items that measure behaviours and attacks that are directly aimed at a person. They can be verbal (e.g., I have sent someone messages mocking them to annoy them) or social (e.g., I have blocked or kicked someone out of groups to leave them with no friends).
The indirect cyber-aggression scale consists of 10 items that measure indirect behaviours and attacks through content manipulation (e.g., I have made or manipulated videos or pictures of someone), identity theft (e.g., I have impersonated someone to say or do bad things online or on social networks) or hacking attacks (e.g., I have changed someone’s password for social networks so that they cannot log in to any of their accounts).
The factor analysis demonstrates the double factorial structure of the scale, which explains 53,11% of the variance. The direct cyber-aggression factor explains 45,11% of the variance and the indirect cyber-aggression factor explains 8,01%.
Direct cyber-aggression (8 items): 1, 2, 4, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18
Indirect cyber-aggression (10 items): 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17
Psychometric properties
Reliability: The coefficient alpha for the total scale is 0,89, the reliability for the indirect cyber-aggression sub-scale is 0,93, and for the direct cyber-aggression sub-scale 0,86. (Buelga et al., 2020).
Validity: The convergent validity results of the instrument find congruent relationships with variables examined in previous literature. The total cyber-aggression and the indirect and direct cyber-aggression factors positively correlate with negative attitudes towards school, rage, and positive attitudes towards rule transgression and school violence. The total cyber-aggression and the indirect and direct cyber-aggression factors negatively correlate with positive attitude towards authority figures.
The BIPSIA Research Group makes this instrument available to the rest of the scientific community for free use in research on this subject.
The scale has been successfully used in several research studies published in scientific journals.
