Table 2 Promax rotated matrix of bullying

I hurt someone with COVID-19/ or suspected having COVID-19 by trying to break up a friendship

3

.969

.940

I have told lies and/or spread rumors about someone with COVID-19 to make their friends or others not talk to him

7

.967

.935

I have ignored someone with COVID-19 and did not answer messages or things he shared in groups or social networks, just to make him feel bad

10

.962

.924

I have sent or posted mean or hurtful pictures/videos on social networks to someone with COVID-19

9

.951

.905

I have insulted or ridiculed someone with COVID-19 on social networks or groups like WhatsApp and Facebook to really annoy him

8

.947

.896

I have called someone having COVID-19 with hurtful names

2

.946

.895

I have eliminated or blocked someone with COVID-19 from groups to leave him/her without any friends

11

.933

.870

I teased someone in my surrounding when I knew he tested COVID-19 positive

1

.892

.796

I have refused to talk with someone having COVID-19

5

.835

.698

I have ignored someone having COVID-19

4

.818

.669

I would not let someone having COVID-19 to join my friendship group

6

.683

.466

Percentage variance explained

75.165%

Chronbach alpha = .974

Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) = .909

Bartlett’s test of sphericity p < .001