Abstract
The purpose of this study was to define a sub-concept of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) symptoms caused by cyber verbal bullying and to develop and validate the Cyber Verbal Bullying Distress Scale (CVBDS) which can measures the degree of the symptoms. For this purpose, the concept was set based on the literature review of CPTSD, PTSD, cyberbullying and interviews of 15 people who access cyber verbal bullying data and a total of 111 preliminary questions were selected. By verifying the facial and content validity, 71 questions were selected. 201 participants were collected to select the final items, and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, higher-order confirmatory factor analysis was conducted in a row. As a result, a total of 30 items were extracted with the structure of 2-7 factors (PTSD: Intrusion, Arousal & Reactivity, Avoidance; DSO: Negative affect, Negative cognitions about the world and the others, Negative cognitions about the self, Disturbances in relationship). To find if cyber verbal bullying data had affected CPTSD symptoms, we conducted paired sample t-test using pre-post measurements and revealed that cyber verbal bullying data had influence on CPTSD symptoms. Through this study, it was proposed that the CVBDS can be used to measure CPTSD symptoms caused by cyber verbal bullying data as a reliable and valid measurement. This study could be provided as an important foundation for the study exploring symptoms and factor structures of CPTSD caused by cyber verbal bullying.
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