Research Article

Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers' Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness

Volume: 14 Number: 3 July 31, 2025
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Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers' Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between teachers' cyber hygiene and their digital data security awareness. Method: The sample of the study consists of 7,170 volunteer teachers randomly selected from among teachers in different branches working in public and private schools in eighty-one provinces affiliated to the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey. Descriptive analysis was used to summarise the general characteristics of the data, multiple regression analysis was used to examine the effect of more than one independent variable on a dependent variable, Pearson Correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between the variables, and a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to check the normality distribution of the continuous variables. Findings: It was determined that the male teachers had higher cyber hygiene and digital data security awareness levels than the female teachers. As age increased, the teachers' cyber hygiene levels decreased and their digital data security awareness increased. The teachers' professional seniority, location, social network and internet usage experiences, daily internet and social network usage time and the number of social media accounts they had affected their cyber hygiene and digital data security awareness levels. In addition, it was determined that teachers who used the Internet for positive purposes had higher cyber hygiene and digital data security awareness compared to others. Conclusion: The results of the study show that there is a moderate positive relationship between the teachers' cyber hygiene levels and their digital data security awareness levels.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Lifelong learning, Development of Science, Technology and Engineering Education and Programs, Educational Technology and Computing

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

July 30, 2025

Publication Date

July 31, 2025

Submission Date

September 13, 2024

Acceptance Date

May 20, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 14 Number: 3

APA
Bayzan, Ş. (2025). Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, 14(3), 751-772. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1549597
AMA
1.Bayzan Ş. Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness. BUEFAD. 2025;14(3):751-772. doi:10.14686/buefad.1549597
Chicago
Bayzan, Şahin. 2025. “Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship Between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 14 (3): 751-72. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1549597.
EndNote
Bayzan Ş (July 1, 2025) Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 14 3 751–772.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Bayzan, “Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness”, BUEFAD, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 751–772, July 2025, doi: 10.14686/buefad.1549597.
ISNAD
Bayzan, Şahin. “Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship Between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education 14/3 (July 1, 2025): 751-772. https://doi.org/10.14686/buefad.1549597.
JAMA
1.Bayzan Ş. Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness. BUEFAD. 2025;14:751–772.
MLA
Bayzan, Şahin. “Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship Between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness”. Bartın University Journal of Faculty of Education, vol. 14, no. 3, July 2025, pp. 751-72, doi:10.14686/buefad.1549597.
Vancouver
1.Şahin Bayzan. Are Teachers Cyber Hygienic? An Investigation into the Relationship between Teachers’ Cyber Hygiene Status and Digital Data Security Awareness. BUEFAD. 2025 Jul. 1;14(3):751-72. doi:10.14686/buefad.1549597

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