Predicting facebook users online privacy protection: Risk, trust, norm focus theory, and the theory of planned behavior

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 352-369

  Saeri, Alexander K ^a   Ogilvie, Claudette ^a   La Macchia, Stephen T ^a   Smith, Joanne R ^b   Louis, Winnifred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facebook; online privacy; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SECURITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUEENSLAND; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903121334     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2014.914881     Document Type: Article

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