Purpose

The study focuses on adolescents and the influence the big five great personality traits – extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experiences and conscientiousness – on self-disclosure. These personality traits, combined with the ability to cope with stress, determine the degree of threat felt by an individual towards their information, their evaluation of their personal ability to keep their information secure, and their willingness to secure information.

Design/methodology/approach

Five questionnaires relating to the big five personality traits, self-disclosure, cognitive assessment, self-efficacy and IS awareness were distributed among 157 adolescents.

Findings

Readiness for IS. Furthermore, the study showed that the more ostentatiousness, agreeable, goal oriented and open the subjects are, the lower they will evaluate the threat to their information. A relationship was also revealed between the subjects' agreeableness, goal orientation and their information threat assessment. It was also found that the more extroverted, agreeable, conscientious and the more inclined to self-disclosure, the higher they evaluate their self-ability to handle threats to their information.

Originality/value

For IS behavior to become second nature to adolescents they must first be educated and trained to do so. Knowing what motivates them and, on the other hand, what hinders them, to practice IS can help build training models for teachers which may be adapted according to their personal traits, thus getting the most out of such programs.

中文翻译：

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青少年信息安全意愿与人格特征和威胁评估的关系

目的

该研究侧重于青少年以及五大人格特质——外向、随和、神经质、对经验的开放性和责任心——对自我表露的影响。这些个性特征与应对压力的能力相结合，决定了个人对其信息所感受到的威胁程度、他们对个人保护信息安全能力的评估以及他们保护信息的意愿。

设计/方法/方法

向 157 名青少年分发了 5 份关于大五人格特质、自我表露、认知评估、自我效能感和 IS 意识的问卷。

发现

为 IS 做好准备。此外，研究表明，受试者越是炫耀、令人愉快、目标导向和开放，他们对信息威胁的评估就越低。还揭示了受试者的宜人性、目标导向和他们的信息威胁评估之间的关系。研究还发现，越外向、随和、尽责、越倾向于自我披露，他们对自己处理信息威胁的能力的评价就越高。

原创性/价值

为了让 IS 行为成为青少年的第二天性，他们必须首先接受教育和培训。了解是什么激励了他们，另一方面，是什么阻碍了他们实践 IS 可以帮助为教师建立培训模式，这些模式可以根据他们的个人特征进行调整，从而充分利用此类计划。