Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA)
Cybercrime is a growing and worrisome problem, particularly when it involves minors. Cyber aggression among adolescents in particular can result in negative legal and psychological consequences for people involved. Therefore, it is important to have instruments to detect these incidents early and un...
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| author | David Álvarez-García Alejandra Barreiro-Collazo, José Carlos Núnez Alejandra Dobarro |
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| description | Cybercrime is a growing and worrisome problem, particularly when it involves minors. Cyber aggression among adolescents in particular can result in negative legal and psychological consequences for people involved. Therefore, it is important to have instruments to detect these incidents early and understand the problem to propose effective measures for prevention and treatment. This paper aims to design a new self-report, the Cyber-Aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA), to evaluate the extentto which the respondent conducts aggressions through a mobile phone or the internet and analyse the factorial and criterion validity and reliability of their scores in a sample of adolescents from Asturias, Spain. The CYBA was administered to 3,148 youth aged between 12 and 18 years old along with three self-reports to measure aggression at school, impulsivity, and empathy. Regarding factorial validity, the model that best represents the structure of the CYBA consists of three factors (Impersonation, Visual sexual Cyber-aggression, and Verbal Cyber-aggression and Exclusion) and four additional indicators of Visual Cyber-aggression–Teasing/Happy Slapping. Regarding criterion validity, the score on the CYBA correlates positively with aggression at school and impulsivity and negatively with empathy. That is the way cyber-aggression correlates with these three variables, according to previous empirical evidence. The reliability of the scores on each item and factor of the CYBA are adequate. Therefore, the CYBA offers a valid and reliable measure of cyber-aggression in adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05f2e11b681149929e7568ed03743bf12022-12-22T01:36:14ZengSociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y ForenseEuropean Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context1889-18611989-40072016-07-01826977Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA)David Álvarez-García0Alejandra Barreiro-Collazo,1José Carlos Núnez2Alejandra Dobarro3Universidad de Oviedo, SpainUniversidad de Oviedo, SpainUniversidad de Oviedo, SpainUniversidad de Oviedo, SpainCybercrime is a growing and worrisome problem, particularly when it involves minors. Cyber aggression among adolescents in particular can result in negative legal and psychological consequences for people involved. Therefore, it is important to have instruments to detect these incidents early and understand the problem to propose effective measures for prevention and treatment. This paper aims to design a new self-report, the Cyber-Aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA), to evaluate the extentto which the respondent conducts aggressions through a mobile phone or the internet and analyse the factorial and criterion validity and reliability of their scores in a sample of adolescents from Asturias, Spain. The CYBA was administered to 3,148 youth aged between 12 and 18 years old along with three self-reports to measure aggression at school, impulsivity, and empathy. Regarding factorial validity, the model that best represents the structure of the CYBA consists of three factors (Impersonation, Visual sexual Cyber-aggression, and Verbal Cyber-aggression and Exclusion) and four additional indicators of Visual Cyber-aggression–Teasing/Happy Slapping. Regarding criterion validity, the score on the CYBA correlates positively with aggression at school and impulsivity and negatively with empathy. That is the way cyber-aggression correlates with these three variables, according to previous empirical evidence. The reliability of the scores on each item and factor of the CYBA are adequate. Therefore, the CYBA offers a valid and reliable measure of cyber-aggression in adolescents.http://ejpalc.elsevier.es/en/validity-reliability-cyber-aggression-questionnaire-for/articulo/S1889186116300038/#.V3VIYbiLQdUQuestionnaireCyber-aggressionAdolescenceEvaluation |
| spellingShingle | David Álvarez-García Alejandra Barreiro-Collazo, José Carlos Núnez Alejandra Dobarro Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA) European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context Questionnaire Cyber-aggression Adolescence Evaluation |
| title | Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA) |
| title_full | Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA) |
| title_fullStr | Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA) |
| title_short | Validity and reliability of the Cyber-aggression Questionnaire for Adolescents (CYBA) |
| title_sort | validity and reliability of the cyber aggression questionnaire for adolescents cyba |
| topic | Questionnaire Cyber-aggression Adolescence Evaluation |
| url | http://ejpalc.elsevier.es/en/validity-reliability-cyber-aggression-questionnaire-for/articulo/S1889186116300038/#.V3VIYbiLQdU |
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