FACULTY OF INFORMATION STUDIES — NOVO MESTO · M.Sc. CYBER SECURITY

Research Questionnaire

Emotional Awareness as a Cybersecurity Defence

This questionnaire is part of a master's thesis examining emotional awareness as a complementary defence against social-engineering attacks. It takes approximately 12–15 minutes. Your responses are fully anonymous — no personal or device data are collected.

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Information & Informed Consent

Please read before continuing.

Participation is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any point without consequence. The study does not involve any real attack; you will only respond to hypothetical scenarios. Responses are stored in anonymised form and used solely for this thesis. No IP address, e-mail or device information is recorded.

I have read the information above and I voluntarily consent to participate in this study. *

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Background & Demographics

General information about you.

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Emotional Awareness

1 = Strongly disagree · 3 = Neutral · 5 = Strongly agree

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Situational Scenarios

Imagine each situation really happened to you. Answer honestly — there are no right or wrong answers.

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Security Habits

1 = Strongly disagree · 3 = Neutral · 5 = Strongly agree

BOSTJAN LABA · MENTOR: DR. ANA HAFNER · NOVO MESTO 2026
Scales adapted from Brown & Ryan (2003) · Bagby, Parker & Taylor (1994) · Egelman & Peer (2015)

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