Testing Measurement Invariance and Multilevel Factor Structures of Bullying among Iranian Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Rezapour, Maysam; Khanjani, Narges; Mirzai, Moghadameh
Titel	Testing Measurement Invariance and Multilevel Factor Structures of Bullying among Iranian Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 8 (2020), S.160-176 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rezapour, Maysam) ORCID (Khanjani, Narges)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2168-3603
DOI	10.1080/21683603.2019.1605952
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Bullying; Student Behavior; Adolescents; Test Validity; Victims; Gender Differences; Institutional Characteristics; Measurement Techniques; Educational Environment; Questionnaires; Psychometrics; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Interpersonal Relationship; Verbal Communication; Aggression; Computer Mediated Communication; Secondary School Students; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mobbing; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Testvalidität; Victim; Opfer; Geschlechterkonflikt; Messtechnik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Fragebogen; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Computerkonferenz; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	School bullying is a significant public health problem and a widespread type of school violence. Empirically validated evaluation scales are needed for use in research and practice to explain the nature and scope of adolescent bullying. The current study investigated the multilevel factor structure and measurement invariance of the Olweus bullying, victimization, and perpetration scales across gender and school types on a random sample of 1,558 Iranian adolescences. Although results indicated adequate goodness of fit for the one-factor and four-factor structures in both scales, it seems like the four-factor structure is more appropriate for use in within-level (students) and the one-factor for between-level (school). In addition, measurement invariance analyses showed that configural, metric, and scalar invariance were established across gender and school types. These findings provide psychometrical support for the use of the Olweus bullying, victimization, and perpetration scales in Iranian adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01