Abstract: Based on the statistical analysis of 1898 questionnaires from the sampling survey in Shandong, Henan and Chongqing, cyber risk in the view of adolescents is studied from two aspects: the possibility of cyber risk and the severity of the consequences. The results show that adolescents have cognitive bias on cyber risk. Adolescents believe that cyber risk is less likely to happen to them, compared with the other people. Even if cyber risk occurs, the consequences to the adolescents themselves are not as serious as to other people. Moreover, there are regional differences in adolescents’ perception of cyber risk. In terms of the possibility of cyber risk, the risk perceived by adolescents in Henan is the largest, followed by Chongqing and Shandong. However, in terms of the severity of the consequences of cyber risk, there is no significant difference between Henan adolescents and Chongqing adolescents. When the perceived cyber risk happens to other people, the perceived risk of Shandong adolescents is significantly less than that of Henan adolescents and Chongqing adolescents; when the perceived cyber risk happens to adolescents themselves, there is no significant difference between Shandong adolescents and Henan and Chongqing adolescents.

Key words: adolescents, cyber risk, risk perception, cognitive bias, regional differences