Cross-National Prevalence of Traditional Bullying, Traditional Victimization, Cyberbullying and Cyber-Victimization: Comparing Single-Item and Multiple-Item Approaches of Measurement

Autor/inn/en	Yanagida, Takuya; Gradinger, Petra; Strohmeier, Dagmar; Solomontos-Kountouri, Olga; Trip, Simona; Bora, Carmen
Titel	Cross-National Prevalence of Traditional Bullying, Traditional Victimization, Cyberbullying and Cyber-Victimization: Comparing Single-Item and Multiple-Item Approaches of Measurement
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Science, 10 (2016) 1-2, S.21-32 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2192-001X
DOI	10.3233/DEV-150173
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Victims of Crime; Computer Mediated Communication; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Children; Measurement; Structural Equation Models; Cross Cultural Studies; Data Collection; Austria; Cyprus; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Computerkonferenz; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Messverfahren; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Data capture; Datensammlung; Österreich; Zypern; Rumänien
Abstract	Many large-scale cross-national studies rely on a single-item measurement when comparing prevalence rates of traditional bullying, traditional victimization, cyberbullying, and cyber-victimization between countries. However, the reliability and validity of single-item measurement approaches are highly problematic and might be biased. Data from three countries were used as an example case to compare the single- and multiple-item approaches from a substantial and a statistical point of view. The sample comprised 671 Austrian (46.3% girls), 691 Cypriot (45.9% girls), and 604 Romanian (46.7% girls) 12 year old students. Data were collected via self-assessments with single and multiple-items. Because scalar measurement invariance could be established for the multiple-item measurement approaches, latent means between the three countries were compared. Substantial results of the single- and multiple-item approach did not differ for traditional bullying and traditional victimization, but differed for cyberbullying and cyber-victimization. As a consequence, we suggest using carefully validated multiple-item scales for cross-national comparisons. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01