Buchanan et al., 2007: Development of Measures of Online Privacy Concern and Protection for Use on the Internet

Topic:

Three short Internet administered scales measuring privacy-related attitudes (Privacy Concern) and behaviors (General Caution and Technical Protection).

scale construction, three surveys, study 1: 515 adults, study 2: 69 adults, study 3: 1122 adults, all Open University students

Constructs in this publication:

Construct Cites Category Questions given? Content validity Pretests Response type Notes
Privacy behavior: General Caution NEW, Burgoon et al., 1989, DeCew, 1997 yes grounded in literature, factor analysis compared to two other privacy scales
Privacy behavior: Technical Protection NEW, Burgoon et al., 1989, DeCew, 1997 yes grounded in literature, factor analysis compared to two other privacy scales
Privacy Concern NEW, Burgoon et al., 1989, DeCew, 1997 yes grounded in literature, factor analysis compared to two other privacy scales
Westin Privacy segmentation Harris, 1998 no none none 4-point scale
Internet users' information privacy concerns (IUIPC) Malhotra et al., 2004 no none none 7-point scale

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Citation:

Tom Buchanan, Carina Paine, Adam N. Joinson, and Ulf-Dietrich Reips. Development of measures of online privacy concern and protection for use on the Internet. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(2):157–165, January 2007. doi:10.1002/asi.20459.

Bibtex


@article{buchanan_development_2007,
 author = {Buchanan, Tom and Paine, Carina and Joinson, Adam N. and Reips, Ulf-Dietrich},
 doi = {10.1002/asi.20459},
 issn = {15322882, 15322890},
 journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology},
 language = {en},
 month = {January},
 number = {2},
 pages = {157-165},
 title = {Development of Measures of Online Privacy Concern and Protection for Use on the {{Internet}}},
 volume = {58},
 year = {2007}
}