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questionnaire
adolescents
properties
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The present study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Cyberbullying Questionnaire (CBQ) in a sample of Argentinean adolescents. A sample of 898 adolescents (43% males, mean age 15.2) was evaluated. Participants responded to the questionnaire, the victimization and aggression scales of the Olweus questionnaire, and measures emotional problems (depression and anxiety). An exploratory factorial analysis, as confirmatory, indicated a subscale of being cyberaggressor and two subscales of Cybervictimization; Cronbach's alphas were suitable for such subscales. Convergent validity of the Cyberaggressor subscale was observed with the Olweus aggressor scale and the two Cybervictimization subscales with the Olweus victimization scale. The convergent validity of the instrument was also observed with the scores of depression and anxiety, as convergent validity of the instrument on depression and anxiety with a structural equation model.
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