Abstract Cyberbullying victimization is an international phenomenon and is increasing globally at a high rate. However, studies have shown inconsistent findings for the definition, measurement, and prevalence of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration. To provide an overview of the existing scales and to suggest ways to standardize the cyberbullying measurement, this study analyzed sixty-four international studies on cyberbullying measurements using the following categories: general characteristics, definition of cyberbullying, study sample characteristics, sample size, type of device or social media, time frame, survey type, item-pooling method, subscales, reliability, and validity. Regarding the definition of cyberbullying, 46 of the 64 studies explained the concept of “cyberbullying.” Furthermore, only 15 studies followed the recommended guidelines, either fully or partially, when developing their scale. Although most of the cyberbullying instruments revealed moderate to high reliability, only half of the studies assessed the validity of the cyberbullying measurements, with a high portion of them testing the construct validity. Our findings address the need for a consistent and standardized definition of cyberbullying to use worldwide, which may be the most important factor in measuring cyberbullying behaviors.

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网络欺凌测量的国际系统回顾

摘要 网络欺凌受害是一种国际现象，并在全球范围内高速增长。然而，研究表明网络欺凌受害和实施的定义、衡量和流行程度不一致。为了概述现有量表并提出标准化网络欺凌测量的方法，本研究使用以下类别分析了 64 项关于网络欺凌测量的国际研究：一般特征、网络欺凌的定义、研究样本特征、样本大小、类型设备或社交媒体、时间范围、调查类型、项目汇集方法、分量表、信度和效度。关于网络欺凌的定义，64 项研究中有 46 项解释了“网络欺凌”的概念。此外，只有 15 项研究在制定量表时完全或部分遵循了推荐的指南。尽管大多数网络欺凌工具显示出中等至高度的可靠性，但只有一半的研究评估了网络欺凌测量的有效性，其中很大一部分测试了结构有效性。我们的研究结果解决了需要在全球范围内使用一致和标准化的网络欺凌定义，这可能是衡量网络欺凌行为的最重要因素。