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Psychometric Characteristics of Self-Efficacy and Optimism and Pessimism Measurement Scales in Online Privacy Violation Context

Self-efficacy, optimism and pessimism variables are to be included as antecedents in the model of individual resilience to privacy violation online. The Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Pessimism scales borrowed from the literature were adapted for measuring personal attributes of an individual Internet user who experienced privacy violation incident online. The data were collected by the telephone survey of Internet users in Croatia aged 18 years or older reaching the net sample of over 1000 respondents. The sample structure was determined according to the Eurobarometer 91.1 and the sample was two-way stratified by region and settlement size. This paper assesses psychometric characteristics of three adapted scales to test their applicability in explaining the level of resilience after the privacy violation online incident. The Cronbach alpha coefficient and explorative and confirmative factor analysis were applied. The abbreviated versions of the original scales have satisfactory psychometric characteristics because research results indicate good reliability, discriminant and convergent validity and the expected dimensionality of the tested scales. The paper contributes to the existing body of knowledge by providing validated shortened measurement scales for including psychological and personal factors in the future inter- and cross-disciplinary studies.

self-efficacy optimism ; pessimism ; privacy violation online ; measurement scale ; psychometric characteristics

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