Adaptation and Validation of Cyber Incivility Scale in Indonesian Language and Culture with Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Abstract

This research, divided into two studies, aimed to modify and adapt the cyber incivility scale compiled by Lim and Teo (2009) in the Indonesian language and culture. Study 1, namely the process of translating the items and testing their suitability, involved six translators, three expert reviewers, and 10 participants for cognitive debriefing purposes. Meanwhile, Study 2 involved 232 workers in Indonesia who occupied structural leadership positions. At this stage, a trial of the cyber incivility scale was carried out. The scale was adapted with confirmatory factor analysis using AMOS version 22. The entire adaptation process referred to the procedures of the 2016 International Test Commission (ITC) Guidelines for Test Adaptation. The CFA results showed that the cyber incivility scale measurement model fitted with Lim and Teo's (2009) cyber incivility construct. Overall, this research showed that the Indonesian version of the cyber incivility scale is valid and reliable, thus applicable to measure the cyber incivility in the context of the perpetrator in Indonesia.