Validation of the California Bullying Victimization Scale in a sample of Mexican university students
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School violence, university students, Higher education, testing and measurement, CBVSAbstract
Many bullying instruments do not assess the three theoretical components of bullying, and only a few instruments address the imbalance of power. Mexico is no exception. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to validate the California Bullying Victimization Scale (CBVS) in a sample of Mexican university students, as it is an instrument that does address all its components. A total of 1116 university students over 18 years of age participated. The Spanish version of the CBVS was administered together with the reactive and proactive aggression questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Reliability and structure were analyzed, as well as tests of association between the CBVS and the other scales. The instrument presented high reliability according to Cronbach’s alpha and McDonald’s omega. A bifactor structure was found, grouping the items into direct and indirect violence. The instrument presented evidence of construct validity by having associations with aggression, academic satisfaction, anxiety and psychological distress. The instrument presented adequate psychometric properties of reliability and validity, and the structure of the test is consistent with the direct and indirect aggression theory of bullying.
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