Uncovering Susceptibility Risk to Online Deception in Aging
| Autor: | Huizi Yang, R. Nathan Spreng, Adam Soliman, Harold A. Rocha, Natalie C. Ebner, Daniela Oliveira, Sandeep Dommaraju, Gary R. Turner, Damon L. Woodard, Tian Lin, Donovan M. Ellis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Aging Deception Social Psychology Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Memory Episodic Decision Making Psychological intervention Affect (psychology) The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Verbal fluency test Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognitive Dysfunction Episodic memory media_common Aged Aged 80 and over Internet Socioemotional selectivity theory 05 social sciences Age Factors Cognition Middle Aged Clinical Psychology Affect Memory Short-Term Female Psychological resilience Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Gerontology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci |
| Popis: | Objectives Fraud in the aged is an emerging public health problem. An increasingly common form of deception is conducted online. However, identification of cognitive and socioemotional risk factors has not been undertaken yet. In this endeavor, this study extended previous work suggesting age effects on susceptibility to online deception. Methods Susceptibility was operationalized as clicking on the link in simulated spear-phishing emails that young (18−37 years), young-old (62−74 years), and middle-old (75−89 years) Internet users received, without knowing that the emails were part of the study. Participants also indicated for a set of spear-phishing emails how likely they would click on the embedded link (susceptibility awareness) and completed cognitive and socioemotional measures to determine susceptibility risk profiles. Results Higher susceptibility was associated with lower short-term episodic memory in middle-old users and with lower positive affect in young-old and middle-old users. Greater susceptibility awareness was associated with better verbal fluency in middle-old users and with greater positive affect in young and middle-old users. Discussion Short-term memory, verbal fluency, and positive affect in middle-old age may contribute to resilience against online spear-phishing attacks. These results inform mechanisms of online fraud susceptibility and real-life decision-supportive interventions toward fraud risk reduction in aging. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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