Bullying y cyberbullying en Colombia; coocurrencia en adolescentes escolarizados

The first objective of this study was to adapt and test the psychometric properties of the bullying: scale European Bullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (EBIPQ) for Colombia, given the need for validated and universally approved measurement tools. The second objective sought to determine the prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying in a Colombian population sample. The third was to analyse the degree of relationship and co-occurrence of the phenomena. The study included a total of 1,931 Colombian adolescents, 53% of whom were girls (11-19 years; M = 14.92; SD = 1.89). An analysis was made on the items, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modelling. The validation confirms the quality of the items and the factor structure of the original scale, with optimal psychometric properties for two factors: victimisation and aggression. The prevalence of bullying was 41.9%, and 18.7% for cyberbullying. The final model showed a direct influence of aggression on cyber-aggression and of victimisation on cyber-victimisation, showing a high co-occurrence of bullying and cyberbullying. The explanatory model suggests that cyberbullying appears to be an extension of traditional bullying and not vice-versa. Implications in the field of education are discussed.