Development of the Cybercrime Rapid Identification Tool for Adolescents

Dennis Sing-wing  Wong; Sai-fu Fung

doi:10.3390/ijerph17134691

Development of the Cybercrime Rapid Identification Tool for Adolescents

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Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Original language	English
Article number	4691
Number of pages	13
Journal / Publication	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume	17
Issue number	13
Online published	30 Jun 2020
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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Abstract

Two studies were conducted to develop an 8-item Cybercrime Rapid Identification Tool (CRIT) and evaluate the psychometric properties of the proposed scale using the samples of secondary school and university students. The CRIT were developed and evaluated in two cross-sectional studies with a total of 2,044 respondents from Hong Kong and China. Study 1 recruited 1,533 secondary school students from Hong Kong (mean = 14.91 years old; SD = 1.77); Study 2 with 511 university students from mainland China participated (mean = 20.41 years old; SD = 2.49). The scale was developed based on stepwise confirmatory factor analytical approach and exploratory factor analysis, with further verification of its factorial validity using confirmatory factor analysis. The results suggest that the CRITCRIT comprising 8 items with a two-factor structure. The results also suggest that the 8-item CRIT possess good internal consistency and concurrent validity. The studies offer promising support for the CRIT scale. It has the potential to advance epistemological methodology or clinical research related to cybercrime prevention.