A QUANTITATIVE CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF CRIMINAL COMPUTER BEHAVIOR, CONSCIENTIOSNESS AND MORALITY AMONG STUDENTS

Abstract

The present study seeks to explore the relationship between criminal computer behavior personality trait conscientiousness and morality and find out gender and family system base differences on study variables. In the present study along with demographic sheet computer crime index (CCI; Rogers, 2001) moral competence (MC; Martin, 2010) and NEO personality inventory (IPIP NEO PI-R; Costa, & McCrae, 1992) were applied on a conveniently selected sample of 600 students(male=300 and female =300). The results of the study revealed that computer criminal activities have a negative relationship with moral choices and conscientiousness personality trait. The results also revealed that moral choices and conscientiousness were higher among female students whereas males were more engaged in computer criminal behavior than females. Similarly, students belonging to the nuclear family system exhibited more computer criminal behavior and a lower level of morality conscientiousness than students with a joint family system.