Cyber-Aggression Typology Questionnaire (CATQ) Test

People who want to examine their own online conflict profile may find the Cyber-Aggression Typology Questionnaire (CATQ) Test useful when reviewing arguments, insults, exclusion, or joking that may cross a line. Its online aggression questionnaire format directs attention to the situations and motives behind digital interactions. The result keeps that review focused on recurring contexts rather than reducing online conflict to a single incident.

What This Assessment Explores

Rather than one trait, the cyber-aggression assessment separates provoked reactions, planned retaliation, purposeful initiation, and entertainment-driven conduct. Items cover replies, revenge plans, exclusion, humiliation, and hurtful jokes, distinguishing reactive from initiated and impulsive from deliberate patterns.

The displayed result contains five scales: one overall index and four dimensions:

• Cyberaggression Expression Index (23-92) measures the overall tendency toward online aggression; higher scores indicate lower aggression: Higher cyberaggression 23-45, Moderate cyberaggression 46-69, Lower cyberaggression 70-92.
• Impulsive Reactive (6-24) reflects immediate, emotion-driven retaliation: Low 6-9, Moderate 10-9.5, High 9.6-24.
• Deliberate Retaliatory (6-24) assesses controlled revenge: Low 6-10, Moderate 11-24.
• Deliberate-Initiated (6-24) assesses purposeful aggression aimed at longer-term rewards: Low 6-9, Moderate to high 10-24.
• Impulsive-Initiative (5-20) assesses spontaneous aggression for immediate pleasure or entertainment: Low 5-7, Moderate 8-15, High 16-20.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

The response format uses four graded self-descriptions, moving from a close match to no match, with small wording changes across items. The questionnaire reports an overall index and four pattern scales, while the displayed bands organize how the result is read.

The measurement framework is conceptually consistent with the published Cyber-Aggression Typology Questionnaire (CATQ), which distinguishes online aggression through motivational valence and self-control. This questionnaire is not an adaptation of that published instrument. The same model also connects these dimensions with rage, revenge, reward, and recreation, explaining why similar acts can serve different functions.

Research on a Russian adaptation of the CATQ reports a four-factor structure and primary psychometric findings. This supports the relevance of the typology, but it does not establish that this online form has the same norms, reliability estimates, or validation sample.

Because the online aggression test relies on self-report, answers can be influenced by current mood, memory, self-awareness, and willingness to disclose; read the result as a structured prompt for reflection alongside the specific situation rather than as a clinical conclusion.