Adaptation and validation of the European cyberbullying intervention project questionnaire with and for Chinese adolescents

Abstract

Cyberbullying is a new form of aggression performed via information and communications technologies to inflict harm or discomfort on others (Slonje et al., 2013). It is also an intentional act of intimidation carried out using electronic media, which creates an imbalance of power between the bullies and their victims (Olweus, 2012;Smith, 2015). Cyberbullying takes a variety of different forms, such as sending insulting, rude or threatening messages, spreading rumours about someone on the internet, extracting, disclosing or publishing personal information, displaying someone's embarrassing or graphic pictures, excluding someone from online communication, or online identity theft (Perren et al., 2012). The typical motives for cyberbullying include targeting individuals for their wrongdoing,

Cyberbullying victimisation among adolescents in China: Coping strategies and the role of self‐compassion

“…In order to calculate the prevalence of cyberbullying, cyber‐victims were identified as those with scores equal to or higher than 1 in any of the items of cyber‐victimisation; cyber‐aggressors are those subjects with scores equal to or higher than 1 in any of the items of cyber‐aggression. The Chinese version of the cyber‐victimisation scale of the ECIPQ questionnaire (Zhu et al, 2021) exhibits satisfactory reliability in the current study (Cronbach's α = 0.97).…”

The Mobile Phone Addiction and Depression Among High School Students: The Roles of Cyberbullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Gender

“…The original scale has a total of 22 items, and after translation and adjustment, it contains a total of 14 items, including two dimensions, which measure cyberbullying victimization (e.g., “Someone sent me threatening or harassing messages via SMS or social media.”) and cyberbullying perpetration (e.g., “I have published inflammatory rumors that have damaged others’ reputations.”), respectively. This scale has been validated locally among Chinese adolescents, showing good validity and reliability ( Zhu et al, 2021 ). This scale uses Likert five-point scoring, 0 means “never,” 1 means “occasionally,” 2 means “sometimes,” 3 means “often,” 4 means “almost every day.” The Cronbach’α coefficient of the cyberbullying victimization scale in this study is 0.782, and the cyberbullying perpetration scale is 0.767, indicating that the scale has good reliability.…”

The roles of gratitude and mindfulness between cyberbullying perpetration and depression among children in rural China: A moderated mediation model

“…Participants' cyberbullying experiences were captured using the Chinese version of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (ECIPQ) (Zhu et al, 2021). The Chinese version of the ECIPQ is a 14‐item scale covering different modules of cyber‐aggression and cyber‐victimisation among children and adolescents.…”