Impact of Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy on Digital Economic Behaviors Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Older adults often face challenges with digital economic engagement due to concerns about cybersecurity and low levels of digital literacy, particularly a lack of confidence in their cybersecurity skills. This study examined how security behavior self-efficacy influences the digital economic behaviors of older adults. We analyzed data from 1808 South Korean participants aged 65 and older using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The variables included digital economic behaviors, security behavior self-efficacy, mis-and disinformation self-efficacy, and privacy self-efficacy. The findings revealed that higher cybersecurity self-efficacy positively affected the digital economic behaviors of older adults. Additionally, security behavior self-efficacy was a significan

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12441299 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature