Reliability and Validity of Internet Trolling Scale Chinese Version
1.School of Psychology, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025 China; 2.School of Foreign Languages, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China
Abstract:Objective: To revise the Chinese version of Internet trolling scale and to test its reliability, validity and measurement invariance. Methods: First, 1200 college students were asked to complete The Global Assessment of Internet Trolling–Revised (GAIT-R). Second, The Short Sadistic Impulse Scale (SSIS), Cyberbullying Scale, and Online Aggressive Behavior Scale(QABS) were used as criterion measures. Final, 315 college students of pretest sample were retested after 4 weeks. Results: The revised scale had a good single-factor model (χ^2⁄df=1.988,RMSEA=0.046, TLI=0.985, CFI=0.990, SRMR=0.022) and strict measurement invariance across genders, ages, grades, and majors. Conclusion: The Chinese version scale has good reliability, validity and measurement invariance, which can measure Chinese college students’ Internet trolling.