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

Shaoyu Ye and Kevin K.W. Ho

Behaviour and Information Technology, 2019, vol. 38, issue 4, 422-434

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2018.1544275

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