RT Article
T1 Dublin Anti-Bullying Self-Efficacy Models and Scales: Development and Validation
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 38
IS 7/8
SP 5748
OP 5773
A1 Sargioti, Aikaterini
A2 Kuldas, Seffetullah
A2 Foody, Mairéad
A2 Viejo Otero, Paloma
A2 Kinahan, Angela
A2 Canning, Colm
A2 Heaney, Darran
A2 O'Higgins Norman, James 1968-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1837990905
AB Literature on anti-bullying programs shows a growing consensus about promoting victims and bystanders’ self-efficacy against bullying, but provides no theoretical model nor measurement scale to assess the extent of achieving this aim. The current research aims to address these theoretical and empirical gaps by proposing the Dublin Anti-Bullying Self-Efficacy Models and Scales, using a convenience sample of 14-year-old students in Ireland (N = 1,100). After establishing both content and face validity, four separate scales were tested to measure anti-bullying self-efficacy beliefs among offline victims (20-item), online victims (20-item), offline bystanders (20-item), and online bystanders (20-item). Thereafter, four separate exploratory factor analyses of the scale items were followed by reflective measurement analyses of their internal consistency and construct (convergent and discriminant) validity. Results indicated sufficient psychometric properties of each scale measuring five dimensions of anti-bullying self-efficacy: recognition, emergency comprehension, responsibility, knowledge, and intervention. Further research is needed to test the proposed model and scale for assessing effectiveness of an anti-bullying program in promoting self-efficacy beliefs.
K1 Scale validation
K1 Scale Development
K1 Cyberbullying
K1 offline bullying
K1 self-efficacy scale
K1 Bystander
K1 Victim
DO 10.1177/08862605221127193