Assessing the relationship between autistic traits and cyberdeviancy in a sample of college students.
Case studies suggest a relationship between Asperger syndrome (AS) and computer hacking. The current study examined whether characteristics associated with AS were significantly related to hacking, cyberbullying, identity theft, and virus writing. Two hundred and ninety-six university undergraduate...
| Publicado en: | Behaviour & Information Technology Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 533 - 543 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2015
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