Psychometric properties of the Revised Olweus Bully/Bullied Questionnaire for Children in Spanish

Bullying is an important risk factor for the mental health of children and adolescents, since victim’s present higher levels of emotional problems while those who carry it out show greater behavioural problems. Despite its relevance, few instruments exist for its measurement in school-age children....

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Autores: Resett, Santiago, Rodriguez, Lucas M., Moreno, Jose Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/5608
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/2872
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5608
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:bullying
children
psychometric properties
bully
bullied
niños
acoso escolar
propiedades psicométricas
victimización
crianças
assédio escolar
propriedades psicométricas
vitimização
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Sumario:Bullying is an important risk factor for the mental health of children and adolescents, since victim’s present higher levels of emotional problems while those who carry it out show greater behavioural problems. Despite its relevance, few instruments exist for its measurement in school-age children. The present study sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire in a Spanish-speaking sample, with the particularity of being the first analysis of Spanish-speaking children. A quantitative study was carried out, implementing AFE, AFC, and Spearman's correlations. An intentional sample of 670 Argentinian children, male (48 %) and female (52 %), from 10 to 12 years old (mean age= 10.80; SD = 0.72) answered this test, such as the Friendship Quality Scale and the Kovacs Depression Inventory. The results indicated a factorial structure of two dimensions called victimization and bullying that coincided with those postulated by the author of the questionnaire. Cronbach's and Omega's alphas were satisfactory. The evidence of concurrent validity with the perception of the quality of friendship and depression was confirmed. The results indicated that this questionnaire presented adequate psychometric properties in its adaptation to Argentinian Spanish.