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Revalidation of the Cyber Fear and Paranoia Scale in the Context of Current Technology

2025-09-03

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<p>Introduction: The Cyber Paranoia and Fear Scale (CPFS) was developed in 2014 by Mason et al to measure the perception of information technology-related threats. Given the rapid evolution of digital systems, including artificial intelligence, surveillance, and data sharing, this study sought to revalidate and update the scale, resulting in the Cyber Paranoia and Fear Scale–Updated (CPFS-U). <h4>Method:</h4> Publ...

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Literature Corpus work: 391d06e1-0908-5bbf-b677-dd541cf9fc95
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zpfnv_v1

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