Borgert, Nele; Reithmaier, Oliver D.; Jansen, Luisa; Hillemann, Larina; Hussey, Ian; Elson, Malte (26 April 2023). Home Is Where the Smart Is: Development and Validation of the Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy in Smart Homes (CySESH) Scale. In: CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-15). New York, NY, USA: ACM 10.1145/3544548.3580860
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The ubiquity of devices connected to the internet raises concerns about the security and privacy of smart homes. The effectiveness of interventions to support secure user behaviors is limited by a lack of validated instruments to measure relevant psychological constructs, such as self-efficacy – the belief that one is able to perform certain behaviors. We developed and validated the Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy in Smart Homes (CySESH) scale, a 12-item unidimensional measure of domain-specific self-efficacy beliefs, across five studies (N = 1247). Three pilot studies generated and refined an item pool. We report evidence from one initial and one major, preregistered validation study for (1) excellent reliability (α = 0.90), (2) convergent validity with self-efficacy in information security (rSEIS = 0.64, p < .001), and (3) discriminant validity with outcome expectations (rOE = 0.26, p < .001), self-esteem (rRSE = 0.17, p < .001), and optimism (rLOT-R = 0.18, p < .001). We discuss CySESH’s potential to advance future HCI research on cybersecurity, practitioner user assessments, and implications for consumer protection policy.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Psychology of Digitalization |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hussey, Ian, Elson, Malte |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISBN: |
9781450394215 |
Publisher: |
ACM |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Malte Elson |
Date Deposited: |
25 Apr 2023 10:32 |
Last Modified: |
10 Oct 2023 13:47 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1145/3544548.3580860 |
Additional Information: |
CHI ’23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/181960 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/181960 |
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