PERSONALITY: THE ROLE OF REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY THEORY IN

CYBERCRIME

A Thesis
Presented to the Faculty of the Professional Schools
SOUTHWAY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
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In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree in

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

Course Professor:

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NAME OF MEMBERS:

Barrios, Amylisa
Darunday, Lorie Grace
Montuerto, Haidelyn
Perez, Gomelyn
Rosales, Jeraldine
 APPROVAL SHEET

This thesis entitled “PERSONALITY: THE ROLE OF REINFORCEMENT

SENSITIVITY THEORY IN CYBERCRIME,” prepared and submitted by Amylisa D.
Barrios, Lorie Grace G. Darunday, Haidelyn Montuerto, Gomelyn D. Perez, and
Jeraldine Rosales as a requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Criminology hereby recommended for approval and acceptance.

ERIKA GRACE P. ROJAS, RCrim, MSCJ

Adviser

PANEL OF EXAMINERS

APPROVED by the Panel of Examiners on Oral Examination with a grade of

PASSED.

ARNEL O. BENTOSO, RCrim, MSCJ

Chairperson

FRANKLIN S. FRANCO, RCrim MARLE C. BUENO, PhD

Member Member

ACCEPTED in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Bachelor of Science in Criminology.

ARNEL O. BENTOSO, RCrim, MSCJ

Dean, Department
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, we sincerely appreciate the almighty God for His

graces, strength, sustenance, and above all, His faithfulness and love from

the beginning of our academic journey. We are grateful for his tireless giving

of strength and guidance.

Our unalloyed appreciation goes to our amiable, ever supportive, and

humble adviser, at the same time our instructor in Criminology, Ms. Erika

Grace P. Rojas for her voluminous and invaluable contributions and

instructions throughout our studies. Ma’am, we hold your comments and

encouraging words close to our hearts.

We also want to give thanks to the following persons who helped us in

accomplishing this work:

To our instructor in research, Ms. Marle C. Bueno for her assistance,

encouragement, and aspiring suggestions;

To our panelists who gave smooth comments and suggestions for

the improvement of our research;

To all people who trusted that we could handle this research even if it

was difficult, especially to our fellow students, thank you very much for your

motivations that help us fight this journey; and

Last but not the least, we would like to thank our parents for

supporting us since birth and supporting us by giving their all financial

assistance even in difficult times. This is all for you and we love you so much

thank you for always waiting for us to complete our studies.

 DEDICATION

We dedicate this study to our parents who believe in us, give us

support, love, care, and financial assistance from the beginning up to the end

of this research. We are humbly saying that we have the best parents in the

world. You mean a lot to us.

We dedicate this project to God almighty our creator, our savior, our

source of inspiration, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. He has been

the source of our strength throughout this program. On his wings only have

we soared.

We also dedicate this work to our family, relatives, and friends, who

have encouraged us all the way and whose encouragement has made sure

that we give it all to finish what we have started. Thank you. Our love for you

can never be quantified. God bless you.

 ABSTRACT

This study on the Personality: The Role of Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory in

Cybercrime, made used of the research design that involved one hundred (100)

criminology students. The researchers utilized a descriptive-correlational design. It

described the level of reinforcement sensitivity theory of criminology students in

Southway College of Technology and determined the level of cybercrime. It also

determined the relationships between dependent variable and independent variable.

The study was guided tested at 0.05 level of significance. The following

statistical measures were the respondents of criminology students in Southway

College of Technology in the analysis of data which are weighted mean and Pearson

R. The research findings, that there is a significant relationship between

reinforcement sensitivity theory and cybercrime that is based on the result of the

survey which answered by the respondents. For the criminology students of

Southway College of Technology avoid sharing personal information: Be mindful

about the information you divulge online such as school names, email addresses,

home addresses and telephone numbers and avoid visiting unknown websites or

downloading software from untrusted sources also ensure you have antivirus

protection with anti-phishing support installed on all devices.

Keywords: reinforcement sensitivity theory, cybercrime, Southway College of

Technology
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
DEDICATION iv
ABSTRACT v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES viii

Chapter

41 INTRODUCTION

Rationale 1

Research Objective 2

Hypothesis 3

Review of Related Literature 3

Correlation Between Measures 8

Theoretical Framework 9

Conceptual Framework 11

Significance of the Study 13

Definition of Terms 14

2 METHOD

Research Design 15

Research Locale 15

Population and Sample 17

 Research Instrument 17

Data Collection 18

Statistical Tools 19

3 RESULTS

Level of Reinforcement Theory 20

Level of Cybercrime 21

Significance on the Relationship Reinforcement

Sensitivity Theory and Cybercrime 22

4 DISCUSSION

Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory 23

Cybercrime 23

Significance on the Relationship Reinforcement

Sensitivity Theory and Cybercrime 24

Conclusion 25

Recommendations 25

REFERENCES 27

APPENDICES

A A List of Tables 30

B Survey Letter & Questionnaires 34

C Grammarian Certificate 35

D Curriculum Vitae 39

LIST OF TABLES
Table Page

1 Level of Reinforcement Theory 21

2 Level of Cybercrime 21

3 Significance on the Relationship Reinforcement

Sensitivity Theory and Cybercrime 22
 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Page

1 Conceptual Framework Showing the 12

Variables of Study

2 Geographic Location of the Study 16