The Development of a Self-Report Questionnaire on Coping with Cyberbullying

The Cyberbullying Coping Questionnaire

Bibliographic Data

ID13024202
AuthorsNiels C L Jacobs (Open University of the Netherlands, corresponding author), Trijntje Völlink (0000-0001-6531-3399, Open University of the Netherlands), Francine Dehue (0000-0002-3213-9571, Open University of the Netherlands), Lilian Lechner (0000-0002-5160-7086, Open University of the Netherlands)
Year2015
Volume5
Issue2
Pages460-491
Publication date2015-05-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocieties (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2075-4698 • E-ISSN: 2075-4698
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/soc5020460
OpenAlexW1551111426
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited101

The negative effects and the continuation of cyberbullying seem to depend on the coping strategies the victims use. To assess their coping strategies, self-report questionnaires (SRQs) are used. However, these SRQs are often subject to several shortcomings: the (single and topological) categorizations used in SRQs do not always adequately differentiate among various coping responses, in addition the strategies of general SRQs fail to accurately measure coping with cyberbullying. This study is therefore aimed to develop a SRQ that specifically measures coping with cyberbullying (i.e., Cyberbullying Coping Questionnaire; CCQ) and to discover whether other, not single and topological, categorizations of coping strategies can be found. Based on previous SRQs used in the (cyber)bullying (i.e., traditional and cyberbullying) literature (i.e., 49 studies were found with three different SRQs measuring coping with traditional bullying, cyberbullying or (cyber)bullying) items and categorizations were selected, compared and merged into a new questionnaire. In compliance with recommendations from the classical test-theory, a principal component analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were done, and a final model was constructed. Seventeen items loaded onto four different coping categorizations: mental-, passive-, social-, and confrontational-coping. The CCQ appeared to have good internal consistency, acceptable test-retest reliability, good discriminant validity and the development of the CCQ fulfilled many of the recommendations from classical test-theory. The CCQ omits working in single and topological categorizations and measures cognitive, behavioral, approach and avoidance strategies

Cognition · Confirmatory factor analysis · Coping (psychology · Discriminant validity · Internal consistency · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Structural equation modeling · Applied Psychology · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Psychology

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