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

Propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario Revisado de Bullying/Victimización de Olweus para Niños en español

Propriedades psicométricas do Questionário Revisado de Bullying/Vitimização de Olweus para Crianças em español

Resett, Santiago - Rodriguez, Lucas M. - Moreno, Jose Eduardo
Detalles Bibliográficos
2023
bullying
children
psychometric properties
bully
bullied
niños
acoso escolar
propiedades psicométricas
bullying
victimización
bullying
crianças
assédio escolar
propriedades psicométricas
vitimização
Español
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
LIBERI
https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/2872
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5608
Acceso abierto
Resumen:
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.