Article ; Online: Academic dishonesty among university students: The roles of the psychopathy, motivation, and self-efficacy.
2020 Volume 15, Issue 8, Page(s) e0238141
Abstract: Academic dishonesty is a common problem at universities around the world, leading to undesirable consequences for both students and the education system. To effectively address this problem, it is necessary to identify specific predispositions that ... ...
| Abstract | Academic dishonesty is a common problem at universities around the world, leading to undesirable consequences for both students and the education system. To effectively address this problem, it is necessary to identify specific predispositions that promote cheating. In Polish undergraduate students (N = 390), we examined the role of psychopathy, achievement goals, and self-efficacy as predictors of academic dishonesty. We found that the disinhibition aspect of psychopathy and mastery-goal orientation predicted the frequency of students' academic dishonesty and mastery-goal orientation mediated the relationship between the disinhibition and meanness aspects of psychopathy and dishonesty. Furthermore, general self-efficacy moderated the indirect effect of disinhibition on academic dishonesty through mastery-goal orientation. The practical implications of the study include the identification of risk factors and potential mechanisms leading to students' dishonest behavior that can be used to plan personalized interventions to prevent or deal with academic dishonesty. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Antisocial Personality Disorder/psychology ; Deception ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Motivation/ethics ; Motivation/physiology ; Poland ; Professional Misconduct/ethics ; Professional Misconduct/psychology ; Professional Misconduct/statistics & numerical data ; Self Efficacy ; Students/psychology ; Students/statistics & numerical data ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Universities/ethics ; Universities/statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-08-31 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 2267670-3 |
| ISSN | 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203 |
| ISSN (online) | 1932-6203 |
| ISSN | 1932-6203 |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0238141 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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