应对信息影响老年人和年轻人的安全更新决策
Joseph D W Stephens1, Amy A Overman1, Mohd Anwar2
1School of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Psychological reports
|November 10, 2025
概括
老年人从应对信息中获益更多,而不是软件更新的威胁信息. 网络安全态度和老年人网络行为信念和实践问卷 (OSBBQ) 也影响更新决策.
科学领域:
- 网络安全 网络安全
- 人与计算机的交互
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 软件更新对于网络安全至关重要,它依赖于最终用户的决定.
- 老龄化对软件更新决策的影响,受认知因素和态度的影响,是研究不足的.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较老年人和年轻人之间的软件更新决策.
- 研究认知负载,威胁和应对信息对这些决策的影响.
- 检查网络安全态度在跨年龄组更新行为中的作用.
主要方法:
- 一个在线实验,有120名参与者 (老年人和年轻人).
- 参与者对假设的软件更新场景做出了回应,其中包含了不同类型的信息 (认知负载,威胁,应对).
- 测量包括网络安全态度和老年人网络行为信念和实践问卷 (OSBBQ).
主要成果:
- 与应对相关的信息在两个年龄组的自适应软件更新决策中比威胁信息更有效.
- 显示出更具适应性反应的老年人与更高的OSBBQ分数有关.
- 网络安全态度在跨年龄人口统计数据的更新决策中发挥了作用.
结论:
- 应对策略对于促进安全的软件更新实践至关重要,特别是对于老年人来说.
- 在评估老年人的网络安全行为方面,OSBBQ证明了其实用性.
- 调查结果为针对性干预提供了信息,以加强所有年龄组的网络安全实践.
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