Initial assessment of attitudes towards reporting cyber-harassment in children and adolescents

Nicolás Martínez-Ramos; Camila Arbeláez-Gómez; William Martínez; Consuelo Ramos; Judy Benavidez

doi:10.35670/1667-4545.v24.n1.45163

Autores/as

Nicolás Martínez-Ramos Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá.
Camila Arbeláez-Gómez Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá.
William Martínez Universidad La Gran Colombia, Bogotá.
Consuelo Ramos Universidad La Gran Colombia, Bogotá.
Judy Benavidez Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v24.n1.45163

Palabras clave:

Colombia, cyber-harassment, psychometrics, attitudes, factor-analysis

Resumen

This study aimed to validate the initial scale of attitudes toward reporting cyber-harassment in children-adolescents among people from the Colombian general community. An instrumental study was developed, which was reached in two non-probabilistic samples (n1 = 220, n2 = 204). With the first one, a Robust Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed, finding a unidimensional 7-item solution (RMSEA = .07, SRMR = .05, CFI = .99, and TLI = .99). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis was conducted in the second sample, finding an optimal fit (RMSEA = .03, SRMR = .04, CFI = .96, TLI = .95). In both models, optimal reliability indices were obtained. The total score was crossed with socio-demographics, finding some real significant difference. Software Factor and R with different packages were used.

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