The mediating effect of anti-phishing self-efficacy between college students’ internet self-efficacy and anti-phishing behavior and gender difference
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Highlights:
• Male performed better than female on anti-phishing self-efficacy.
• Male performed better than female on anti-phishing behaviors.
• Internet self-efficacy was a positive precedent to anti-phishing behavior.
• Anti-phishing self-efficacy was a positive predictive to Internet self-efficacy.
• Anti-phishing self-efficacy served as a mediator variable in this study.
摘要
•Male performed better than female on anti-phishing self-efficacy.•Male performed better than female on anti-phishing behaviors.•Internet self-efficacy was a positive precedent to anti-phishing behavior.•Anti-phishing self-efficacy was a positive predictive to Internet self-efficacy.•Anti-phishing self-efficacy served as a mediator variable in this study.
论文关键词:Internet self-efficacy,Phishing,Anti-phishing self-efficacy,Anti-phishing behavior
论文评审过程:Received 27 January 2015, Revised 30 November 2015, Accepted 4 February 2016, Available online 16 February 2016, Version of Record 16 February 2016.
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.004