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| Title |
The Role of Cognition, Personality, and Trust in Fraud Victimization in Older Adults
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00588 |
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| Authors |
Rebecca A. Judges, Sara N. Gallant, Lixia Yang, Kang Lee |
| Abstract |
Older adults are more at risk to become a victim of consumer fraud than any other type of crime (Carcach et al., 2001) but the research on the psychological profiles of senior fraud victims is lacking. To bridge this significant gap, we surveyed 151 (120 female, 111 Caucasian) community-dwelling older adults in Southern Ontario between 60 and 90 years of age about their experiences with fraud. Participants had not been diagnosed with cognitive impairment or a neurological disorder by their doctor and looked after their own finances. We assessed their self-reported cognitive abilities using the MASQ, personality on the 60-item HEXACO Personality Inventory, and trust tendencies using a scale from the World Values Survey. There were no demographic differences between victims and non-victims. We found that victims exhibit lower levels of cognitive ability, lower honesty-humility, and lower conscientiousness than non-victims. Victims and non-victims did not differ in reported levels of interpersonal trust. Subsequent regression analyses showed that cognition is an important component in victimization over and above other social factors. The present findings suggest that fraud prevention programs should focus on improving adults' overall cognitive functioning. Further investigation is needed to understand how age-related cognitive changes affect vulnerability to fraud and which cognitive processes are most important for preventing fraud victimization. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 4 | 80% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 134 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 134 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 10% |
| Lecturer | 8 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 21 | 16% |
| Unknown | 49 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 36 | 27% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 52 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 49. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 April 2017.
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#725,619
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#1,464
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#16,876
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#54
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