Abstract

Internet users’ cybersecurity psychology and cognition play an important role in their cybersecurity behavior. Taking 347 Chinese undergraduate students for example, this study assessed internet users’ cybersecurity judgment and its effect on cybersecurity behavior in the Eastern countries. Results showed that the average percentage correct of cybersecurity judgment was 63.62%, cybersecurity judgment had positive impact on cybersecurity behavior. Furthermore, gender had a moderating effect on the relationship between cybersecurity judgment and cybersecurity behavior, compared with female, cybersecurity judgment had more positive influence on male’ cybersecurity behavior.

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Title
The Status Quo and Effects of Undergraduate Students’ Cybersecurity Judgment: A study in China
Author
Liu Chongrui 1 ; Wang, Zhiqiang 2 ; Wang, Cong 3 ; Liu, Yan 1 ; Wang, Hongjie 1 

 Department of Management, Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute, Beijing, 100070, China 
 Department of Cyberspace Security, Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute, Beijing, 100070, China; State Information Center, Beijing, 100045, China; Key Lab of Information Network Security, Ministry of Public Security, 200031, China 
 Department of Economics and Management, Beijing City University, Beijing, 10083, China 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Apr 2020
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2569675862
Copyright
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