More Than Defense in Daily Experience of Privacy: The Functions of Privacy in Digital and Physical Environments

Abstract: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the experience of privacy, focusing on its functional role in personal well-being. A sample (N = 180) comprised subjects between 18 and 50 years of age were asked to spontaneously provide accounts of their experiences with privacy and answer close-ended questions to acquire a description of a daily experience of privacy. The results showed the importance attributed to the function of privacy related to the “defense from social threats”, and the twofold function of privacy related to an “achieved state of privacy”, in the terms of both “system maintenance” and “system development”. The results also shed light on the role of the environment in shaping one’s experience of privacy. Specifically, the participants recognized more easily the function of defense from threats related to seeking privacy while interacting in digital environments, whereas they seemed to benefit from positive functions related to an achieved state of privacy i.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/948

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: More Than Defense in Daily Experience of Privacy: The Functions of Privacy in Digital and Physical Environments ; volume:12 ; number:1 ; day:29 ; month:02 ; year:2016 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 12, Heft 1 (29.02.2016)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Debora Benedetta Lombardi ; Maria Rita Ciceri

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v12i1.948
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101417282032862521
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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