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Cyberbullying, a growing social influence issue intensified by digital interactions and connectivity, has adverse psychological, behavioral, and social outcomes. This study aims to adapt the European Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire (ECIPQ) into the Turkish language and examine features that affect university students from Turkey. The ECIPQ was originally developed to measure cyber aggression and cyber victimization. This scale was translated and adapted in a Turkish context. Therefore, a dataset was collected from 361 students across various universities in Turkey using convenience and snowball sampling methods. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and reliability tests were conducted in order to test and validate the factor structure of the adapted scale. Based on the tests, a three-factor structure was identified and found to demonstrate acceptable levels of fit and reliability within the used sample. Findings suggest that this version of the ECIPQ could be used in the Turkish language and also contributes to the literature by providing a three-factor structure for the ECIPQ for assessing cyberbullying behaviors and experiences among university students.
