Abstract

JIMENEZ, Andrés Eduardo; CASTILLO, Valeria Domérica  and  CISTERNAS, Laura Camila. Validation of the Aggression Among Peers Scale and Virtual Aggression Sub-scale with Chilean. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2012, vol.10, n.2, pp.825-840. ISSN 1692-715X.

Abstract: The Aggression Among Peers Scale (Cajigas de Segredo, 2004) was validated in this work. Psychometric properties analyzed by Macia and Miranda (2009) were considered, with the inclusion of a brief sub-scale regarding virtual aggression, and an extension of the original sample characteristics reported in both previous works. Evaluation was performed on 657 students ranging from sixth year in elementary school to the second year of high school. Satisfactory results were obtained for construct validity. Exploratory Factorial Analysis extracted 11 factors (9 for the original scale and 2 for the new sub-scale). Psychometric properties were equivalent with the ones reported in previous analyses, which implies the scale status of a validated instrument of aggression among peers, which also includes virtual aggression as a relevant dimension.

Keywords : validity; aggression among peers; virtual aggression.

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