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Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths

This study sought to develop and validate an instrument measuring cyberbullying among Malaysian youths. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was employed to determine the best sub-factors and items for the instrument, while confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test and validate the measu...

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Main Authors:	Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali, Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah, Siti Zobidah, Omar, Haslinda, Abdullah, Aminah, Ahmad, Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
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Language:	English
Published:	UNIMAS Publisher 2019
Subjects:	BF Psychology
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41894/3/Development.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41894/ https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1921 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1921.2019
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spelling	my.unimas.ir.418942023-06-06T04:10:24Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41894/ Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah Siti Zobidah, Omar Haslinda, Abdullah Aminah, Ahmad Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril BF Psychology This study sought to develop and validate an instrument measuring cyberbullying among Malaysian youths. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was employed to determine the best sub-factors and items for the instrument, while confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test and validate the measurement model. Results from EFA on 38 items showed that the items were pooled into four sub-factors. Meanwhile, results from CFA indicated that eight items had to be discarded in order to confirm that the model was fit. Overall, the final version of the instrument consisted of four cyberbullying sub-factors, namely, impersonation (13 items), cyberstalking and harassment (nine items), flaming (four items), and elimination (four items). UNIMAS Publisher 2019-09-30 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41894/3/Development.pdf Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali and Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah and Siti Zobidah, Omar and Haslinda, Abdullah and Aminah, Ahmad and Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril (2019) Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths. Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development, 5 (2). pp. 78-91. ISSN 2550-1623 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1921 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1921.2019
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spellingShingle	BF Psychology Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah Siti Zobidah, Omar Haslinda, Abdullah Aminah, Ahmad Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths
description	This study sought to develop and validate an instrument measuring cyberbullying among Malaysian youths. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was employed to determine the best sub-factors and items for the instrument, while confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to test and validate the measurement model. Results from EFA on 38 items showed that the items were pooled into four sub-factors. Meanwhile, results from CFA indicated that eight items had to be discarded in order to confirm that the model was fit. Overall, the final version of the instrument consisted of four cyberbullying sub-factors, namely, impersonation (13 items), cyberstalking and harassment (nine items), flaming (four items), and elimination (four items).
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author	Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah Siti Zobidah, Omar Haslinda, Abdullah Aminah, Ahmad Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
author_facet	Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali Asnarulkhadi, Abu Samah Siti Zobidah, Omar Haslinda, Abdullah Aminah, Ahmad Hayrol Azril, Mohamed Shaffril
author_sort	Akmar Hayati, Ahmad Ghazali
title	Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths
title_short	Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths
title_full	Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths
title_fullStr	Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths
title_full_unstemmed	Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths
title_sort	development and validation of an instrument measuring cyberbullying among malaysian youths
publisher	UNIMAS Publisher
publishDate	2019
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41894/3/Development.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41894/ https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/1921 https://doi.org/10.33736/jcshd.1921.2019
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Development and Validation of an Instrument Measuring Cyberbullying Among Malaysian Youths

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