2009/09/01 by Seounmi Youn, SEOUNMI YOUN
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child Development and Digital Technology #Clinical psychology #Computer science #Computer security #Coping (psychology) #FTC Fair Information Practice #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #Information privacy #Information privacy law #Internet privacy #Interpersonal communication #Personally identifiable information #Privacy policy #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #Psychology #Social psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1745-6606.2009.01146.x
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With Rogers' protection motivation theory as the theoretical framework, this study identified determinants of young adolescents' level of privacy concerns, which, in turn, affects their resultant coping behaviors to protect privacy. Survey data from 144 middle school students revealed that perceived risks of information disclosure increased privacy concerns, whereas perceived benefits offered by information exchange decreased privacy concerns. Subsequently, privacy concerns had an impact on risk‐coping behaviors such as seeking out interpersonal advice or additional information (e.g., privacy statement) or refraining from using Web sites that ask for personal information. Counter to our expectation, privacy self‐efficacy did not appear to be related to privacy concerns. Implications of privacy education to protect online privacy among young adolescents were discussed.