Budimir, Sanja, Fontaine, Johnny R.J., Huijts, Nicole M.A., Haans, Antal, IJsselsteijn, Wijnand, Oostveen, Anne-Marie, Stahl, Frederic, Heartfield, Ryan, Loukas, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3559-5182, Bezemskij, Anatolij ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-1609, Filippoupolitis, Avgoustinos, Ras, Ivano and Roesch, Etienne B. (2024) We are not equipped to identify the first signs of cyber-physical attacks: emotional reactions to cybersecurity breaches on domestic Internet of Things devices. Applied Sciences. ISSN 2076-3417 (Online) (In Press)

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Abstract

The increasing number of domestic Internet of Things (IoT) devices in our lives leads to numerous benefits, but also comes with an increased risk of cybersecurity breaches. These breaches have psychological consequences for the users. We examined the nature of the psychological impact of cybersecurity breaches on domestic IoT by investigating emotional experiences in a scenario study (Study 1) and a field experiment (Study 2), using the five emotion components of the Component Process Model (CPM) and emotion regulation as a framework. We replicated a three-dimensional structure for emotional experiences found in a previous study, with an addition of an ancillary fourth dimension in the second study. The first dimension represents emotional intensity. The second bipolar dimension describes constructive vs unconstructive action tendencies. On the third dimension, also bipolar, cognitive and motivational emotion features are opposed to affective emotion features. The fourth dimension, labeled distress symptoms, mainly reflected negative emotions. In Study 2, most of the introduced frequent irregularities on IoT devices have not been noticed, and the intensity of emotional reactions and tendencies to react in a constructive way de-creased throughout the phases of the experiment. These findings reveal that we are not emotion-ally equipped to identify potential threats in the cyber world.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cyber security, smart homes, applied psychology
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2024 15:46
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48876

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