A Self-Report Measure of End-User Security Attitudes (SA-6)
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SA-6 is a six-item scale that asks about routine, expert attention, knowledge, motivation, interest, and active learning and is scored 1–5 then averaged. Developed on a combined sample N = 478 from MTurk and a university pool and validated on a U.S. census-tailored Qualtrics panel N = 209, it shows factor loadings > 0.4, alpha ≈ 0.8, CFI ≈ 0.91 and SRMR < 0.08. SA-6 correlates r ≈ 0.5 with ZAEBIS and in regression accounts for 28% of variance in ZAEBIS, and it predicts recalled weekly security actions.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:32Takeaways
- 0:53SA6 Overview
- 1:50Improved Predictive Modeling
- 2:33Study Motivation
- 2:55Online Survey Form
- 3:11Attitude Scale
- 3:53ZEEBIS
- 4:28Guiding Theory
- 5:08Guiding Practice
- 5:38Work and Security Sensitivity
- 5:48Other Measures
- 7:13Recruitment
- 7:28Results
- 7:53Scale Validation
- 14:04Conclusion
- 14:46Usability Security Research
- 15:18Theory Driven Research
- 15:41Security Attitude Quiz
- 16:07Questions
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