Psychometric Properties of the Olweus Bully/Bullied Questionnaire in an adolescent sample from Argentina

SANTIAGO RESETT; PABLO GONZALEZ

Andalucía

Conferencia; XV Biennal Conference de la European Association for Reseach on Adolescence; 2016

European Association for Reseach on Adolescence

Bullying is an important risk factor for mental health of children and adolescents. The main objective was to explore the psychometric properties of a Spanish adaptation of the Revised Olweus Bully / Victim Questionnaire in Argentinean adolescents . To this end, it was administered to a convenience sample of 502 and 1151 high schools students in Argentina (45% males, mean age = 14.4). They completed the Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire; Peer nominations of victimization and aggression of Juvonen et al.; the Cyberbullying Questionnaire of Calvete et al., and measures of inter-and externalizing problems. SPSS 20 and AMOS 16 were used to analyses. Both exploratory (set up with de fist sample) and confirmatory factorial (with the second sample) analyses indicated a structure of two related dimension: a subscale of being bullied and another one of being aggressor. In the confirmatory factorial analysis, this model showed a adequate fit indexes (CFI = .95, TLI = .92 and RMSEA = .06). This factorial structure is similar to those reported by Kyriakides et al. and Hartung et al. Cronbach?s Alphas were good for being bullied subscale and bullying subscale, .87 and .85 respectively. As regards to validity, both subscales suggested construct validity with Calvete cybervictimization subscale and cyberaggression subscale (rs = .61 and .56, respectively). Also, both Olweus subscales presented significant relationships with depression and anxiety (rs = .36 and .32) and aggressive behavior and antisocial behavior (rs = .46 and .44). Criterion validity was detected as suggested significant relationships with peer nomination for being victims and being aggressor (rs = .30 and .25, respectively) . Also, test re-test reliability was detected for a time-interval of six month (rs = .62 and 56, respectively).