Help, I need somebody: Examining the antecedents of social support seeking among cybercrime victims

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Highlights:

• Cybercrime victims with high perceived control are less likely to ask for help.

• Cybercrime victims with high levels of self-blame are more likely to ask for help.

• The emotion fear of cybercrime is positively related to self-blame.

• The model explains 46.5% of the variance in victims' social support seeking.

摘要

•Cybercrime victims with high perceived control are less likely to ask for help.•Cybercrime victims with high levels of self-blame are more likely to ask for help.•The emotion fear of cybercrime is positively related to self-blame.•The model explains 46.5% of the variance in victims' social support seeking.

论文关键词:Social coping,Social support,Cybercrime,Victimization,Fear of cybercrime

论文评审过程:Received 17 May 2019, Revised 11 February 2020, Accepted 18 February 2020, Available online 22 February 2020, Version of Record 5 March 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106310