As nonessential workers are working from home and connected to colleagues through means of computer technology, cyberbullying, which has only recently been investigated in workplace settings, is likely to become more prevalent. Organizations are also reconsidering work structures that would keep workers remote. Workplace cyberbullying (WCB) can have a detrimental impact on victims' mental health, more than traditional face-to-face bullying. However, there is a dearth of validated assessments to monitor WCB for use in different countries. The Cyberbullying Behavior Questionnaire Short version (CBQ-S) from Jönsson et al. is a validated short scale that seems simple and practical enough to integrate in widely applied multiscale employee surveys. Previously, the CBQ-S has been only validated in Sweden (in the Swedish language) and United States (in English). This study performs a construct validation of the CBQ-S in Spain (in Spanish) and Germany (in German), to equip businesses and organizations operating in those countries with an effective valid tool to measure WCB. Two hundred nine German and 249 Spanish workers (N = 458) participated in a cross-sectional survey. Exploratory and multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses suggested a one-dimensional structure of the scale, supporting configural invariance; metric and partial scalar invariance was also supported. Latent means differences revealed significantly higher mean scores for the Spanish sample (Cohen's d = 0.61). WCB correlated positively with workplace bullying, supporting concurrent convergent validity. WCB also correlated positively with role conflict, role ambiguity, bullying in general, stress, turnover intention, and negatively with job satisfaction, indicating criterion validity.

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西班牙和德国工作场所网络欺凌问卷的适应和心理测量跨文化验证

由于非必要员工在家工作并通过计算机技术与同事联系，网络欺凌最近才在工作场所进行调查，因此可能会变得更加普遍。组织也在重新考虑可以让员工保持远程的工作结构。工作场所网络欺凌 (WCB) 比传统的面对面欺凌更能对受害者的心理健康产生不利影响。但是，缺乏经过验证的评估来监测 WCB 在不同国家的使用情况。Jönsson 等人的网络欺凌行为问卷简短版 (CBQ-S)。是一个经过验证的短量表，看起来简单实用，足以集成到广泛应用的多尺度员工调查中。之前，CBQ-S 仅在瑞典（瑞典语）和美国（英语）得到验证。本研究对西班牙（西班牙语）和德国（德语）的 CBQ-S 进行了结构验证，以便为在这些国家/地区运营的企业和组织提供衡量 WCB 的有效工具。209 名德国工人和 249 名西班牙工人（N  = 458) 参与了一项横断面调查。探索性和多组验证性因素分析表明量表的一维结构，支持配置不变性；还支持度量和部分标量不变性。潜在均值差异显示西班牙样本的平均得分显着更高（Cohen 的d  = 0.61）。WCB 与工作场所欺凌呈正相关，支持并发收敛效度。WCB 还与角色冲突、角色模糊、一般欺凌、压力、离职意向呈正相关，与工作满意度呈负相关，表明标准有效性。