Differences in cybersecurity awareness among Kuwaiti youth in light of some demographic variables and the five major personality factors.

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The study aimed to study the level of the study in awareness level of cyber security of Kuwaiti youth, as well as to reveal the differences in the level of awareness of cyber security in some demographic variables and the big five factors of personality . In order to verify the hypotheses of this study, a battery of questionnaires included the Big Five Personality Factors, and questionnaires of awareness of cyber security. After fulfilling the psychometric requirements of the battery, the data was collected from a sample (n = 145) Kuwaiti youth . The Results showed that there were Significant Statistical Differences in  between males, females differ from Males. • The Results showed that there were Significant Statistical Differences due to the big five factors of personality , There were no statistically significant differences between the average responses of the study sample members at the level of significance (00,05) in the degree of awareness level of cyber security in cyber security due to (education level). Finally, the results showed a high level of awareness of cyber security among Kuwaiti youth.

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