Adaptation and validation of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire scale in a sample of Portuguese adolescents

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https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.29-1.18579

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Cyberbullying, cyberaggression, cybervictimization, scale, SDG 4, quality education, school environments, SDG 16, Peace, justice and strong institutions, cyberbullying victimization, bullying at school

Abstract

Introduction. Cyberbullying has negative consequences for those involved and for the school environment, and it is important to have instruments that help detect and understand this phenomenon. Objective. This research aimed to translate and adapt, for the Portuguese population, the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (ECIPQ), studying its psychometric properties. Methodology. Quantitative and cross-sectional study in which 440 secondary school students from schools in the north and center of Portugal participated. Result. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed good adjustment indexes allowing to confirm the factorial model of the original instrument consisting of two factors correlated with each other, namely cybervictimization and cyberaggression.  The factors showed good internal consistency. Conclusion. The Portuguese version of the ECIPQ presents good psychometric characteristics, which legitimize its use in research and psychopedagogical intervention.

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Author Biographies

  • Ana Paula Monteiro, Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas

    Professora Auxiliar na Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (Departamento de Educação e Psicologia) da Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro e investigadora integrada no Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas da Universidade do Porto. Doutorada em Psicologia Social pela Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Tem publicado em revistas e livros da especialidade nacionais e internacionais.

  • Daniela Fonseca, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

    Mestre em Psicologia – Especialização em Psicologia da Educação e do Desenvolvimento. Os seus interesses de investigação são o cyberbullying e o bullying.

     

  • Elisete Correia, Centro de Matemática Computacional e Estocástica

    Licenciada em Estatística e Doutorada em Probabilidades e Estatística pela Faculdade de Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa.Atualmente é Professora Auxiliar da UTAD e membro integrado do Centro de Matemática Computacional e Estocástica (CEMAT). Publicou vários artigos em revistas científicas internacionais e nacionais, artigos técnicos e tem várias publicações em conferências.É também revisora académica de algumas revistas científicas internacionais.

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2025-04-29

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Monteiro, A. P., Fonseca, D., & Correia, E. (2025). Adaptation and validation of the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire scale in a sample of Portuguese adolescents. Revista Electrónica Educare, 29(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.29-1.18579