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The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities

This study attempts to develop a predictive model to enhance the understanding of cybersex by testing hypotheses on the relationships between religiosity, risk taking, and cybersex engagement. Using multistage proportional sampling, 256 postgraduate students who completed an online survey sent to th...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Siti Aishah, Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi, Ghoroghi, Soudabeh
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Language:English
Published: International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63479/1/The%20influence%20of%20religiosity%20and%20risk%20taking%20on%20cybersex%20engagement.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.634792018-07-20T09:19:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63479/ The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities Hassan, Siti Aishah Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Ghoroghi, Soudabeh This study attempts to develop a predictive model to enhance the understanding of cybersex by testing hypotheses on the relationships between religiosity, risk taking, and cybersex engagement. Using multistage proportional sampling, 256 postgraduate students who completed an online survey sent to their email addresses were randomly selected from five Malaysian universities. Results provided support for the proposed theoretical model by explaining 22% of variance in endogenous variable. Statistically significant negative relationship was found to exist between religiosity and cybersex engagement. The study also demonstrated a positive significant relationship between risk taking and cybersex engagement. University counselors would do well to be aware, and develop accurate and general knowledge about online sexual activities, address and prevent the probability of it becoming an addiction with serious life consequences for students. International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press 2017-03-03 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63479/1/The%20influence%20of%20religiosity%20and%20risk%20taking%20on%20cybersex%20engagement.pdf Hassan, Siti Aishah and Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi and Ghoroghi, Soudabeh (2017) The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 7 (3). pp. 143-152. ISSN 2010-3646 10.18178/ijssh.2017.V7.810
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description This study attempts to develop a predictive model to enhance the understanding of cybersex by testing hypotheses on the relationships between religiosity, risk taking, and cybersex engagement. Using multistage proportional sampling, 256 postgraduate students who completed an online survey sent to their email addresses were randomly selected from five Malaysian universities. Results provided support for the proposed theoretical model by explaining 22% of variance in endogenous variable. Statistically significant negative relationship was found to exist between religiosity and cybersex engagement. The study also demonstrated a positive significant relationship between risk taking and cybersex engagement. University counselors would do well to be aware, and develop accurate and general knowledge about online sexual activities, address and prevent the probability of it becoming an addiction with serious life consequences for students.
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author Hassan, Siti Aishah
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Ghoroghi, Soudabeh
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Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Ghoroghi, Soudabeh
The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities
author_facet Hassan, Siti Aishah
Mohd Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi
Ghoroghi, Soudabeh
author_sort Hassan, Siti Aishah
title The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities
title_short The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities
title_full The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities
title_fullStr The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities
title_full_unstemmed The influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in Malaysian universities
title_sort influence of religiosity and risk taking on cybersex engagement among postgraduate students: a study in malaysian universities
publisher International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63479/1/The%20influence%20of%20religiosity%20and%20risk%20taking%20on%20cybersex%20engagement.pdf
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