Adaptation and Psychometric Cross-Cultural Validation of a Workplace Cyberbullying Questionnaire in Spain and Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22004263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Philipp Czakert (0000-0001-8492-1824, Universitat de Barcelona), Julia A M Reif (0000-0002-2749-8510, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Sharon Glazer (0000-0002-3913-6322, University of Baltimore), Rita Berger (0000-0002-9908-3672, Universitat de Barcelona, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 831-838 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2152-2715 • E-ISSN: 2152-2723 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1089/cyber.2020.0856 |
| PMID | 34152860 |
| OpenAlex | W3175455974 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 41 |
As nonessential workers are working from home and connected to colleagues through means of computer technology, cyberbullying, which has only recently been investigated in workplace settings, is likely to become more prevalent. Organizations are also reconsidering work structures that would keep workers remote. Workplace cyberbullying (WCB) can have a detrimental impact on victims' mental health, more than traditional face-to-face bullying. However, there is a dearth of validated assessments to monitor WCB for use in different countries. The Cyberbullying Behavior Questionnaire Short version (CBQ-S) from Jönsson et al. is a validated short scale that seems simple and practical enough to integrate in widely applied multiscale employee surveys. Previously, the CBQ-S has been only validated in Sweden (in the Swedish language) and United States (in English). This study performs a construct validation of the CBQ-S in Spain (in Spanish) and Germany (in German), to equip businesses and organizations operating in those countries with an effective valid tool to measure WCB. Two hundred nine German and 249 Spanish workers (N = 458) participated in a cross-sectional survey. Exploratory and multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses suggested a one-dimensional structure of the scale, supporting configural invariance; metric and partial scalar invariance was also supported. Latent means differences revealed significantly higher mean scores for the Spanish sample (Cohen's d = 0.61). WCB correlated positively with workplace bullying, supporting concurrent convergent validity. WCB also correlated positively with role conflict, role ambiguity, bullying in general, stress, turnover intention, and negatively with job satisfaction, indicating criterion validity
Ambiguity · Computer-assisted web interviewing · Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct validity · Convergent validity · Face validity · Geography · German · Internal consistency · Measurement invariance · Psychometrics · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Applied Psychology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |