SCOAC: Cyberbullying Scale Validation Data for Brazilian Adolescents

Brazilian adolescents aged 11–17 are the focus of this psychometric dataset. It contains validation data for the 17-item SCOAC scale, developed from a sample of 642 participants. The dataset was created by Rosana Fanucci Silva Ramos and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Validating new cyberbullying assessment instruments based on the established SCOAC factor structure.
• Analyzing correlations between cyberbullying and mental health indicators like anxiety, stress, and depression.
• Developing screening tools for cyberbullying risk using the reported cutoff score of ≥8.
• Studying the relationship between online aggressive conduct and factors like impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, and substance use.

Strengths

• High reported reliability with a total Cronbach's alpha of 0.915 and McDonald's omega of 0.919.
• Strong structural validity confirmed by CFA with fit indices (CFI=0.991, TLI=0.989, RMSEA≈0.030).
• Good screening accuracy shown by an ROC curve analysis with an AUC of 0.85.
• Validation includes multiple evidence types: criterion, convergent, nomological, and predictive validity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to a Brazilian adolescent population, which may limit generalizability to other regions or age groups.

Provenance

Source

Rosana Fanucci Silva Ramos via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains survey responses and derived scale scores from psychometric validation studies, including Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 05:24:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil