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Would you feel happier if you have more protection behaviour? A panel survey of university students in Japan

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  • Shaoyu Ye
  • Kevin K.W. Ho

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It is suggested that the young generations’ low levels of privacy concerns might lead to undesirable behaviours that have negative effects on their subjective well-being. This study aims to investigate what kind of causal relationship would exist among the young generations’ privacy concerns, protection behaviours and subjective well-being in Japan, considering the effects of demographic factors (age, gender) and Internet access time via computers and smartphones. A two-wave panel survey targeting university students was conducted and 163 responses became the analysed data. The following results were observed: (a) Students’ privacy concerns had positive direct effects on their protection behaviours, along with their time spent accessing the Internet through computers; and (b) Their protection behaviours, as well as their time spent accessing the Internet through computers, had negative direct effects on their subjective well-being.

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  • Shaoyu Ye & Kevin K.W. Ho, 2019. "Would you feel happier if you have more protection behaviour? A panel survey of university students in Japan," Behaviour and Information Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(4), pages 422-434, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tbitxx:v:38:y:2019:i:4:p:422-434
    DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2018.1544275
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