Testing a Psychological Model of Post-Pandemic Academic Cheating

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ID6432075
AutoresTiana P Johnson-Clements (The University of Western Australia), Guy J Curtis (0000-0002-4174-6955, The University of Western Australia), Joseph Clare (0000-0003-0444-4189, The University of Western Australia)
Año2024
Volumen23
Número3
Páginas671-688
Fecha de publicación2024-08-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Academic Ethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1570-1727 • E-ISSN: 1572-8544
EditorialSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10805-024-09561-4
OpenAlexW4402014718
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas56

Concerns over students engaging in various forms of academic misconduct persist, especially with the post-COVID19 rise in online learning and assessment. Research has demonstrated a clear role of the personality trait psychopathy in cheating, yet little is known about why this relationship exists. Building on the research by Curtis et al. ( Personality and Individual Differences, 185 , 111277, 2022a), this study tested an extended Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) model, including psychopathy as a precursor to attitudes and subjective norms, and measures of anticipated moral emotions (shame and guilt), to predict cheating intentions and cheating behaviours. A cross-sectional survey was administered online to university students from around the globe ( n = 257). Results from a serial mediation analysis revealed that psychopathy predicted academic misconduct behaviours indirectly through attitudes, subjective norms, anticipated guilt (but not anticipated shame), and intentions. These findings indicate that cheating may be reduced by modifying attitudes to cheating, subjective norms regarding cheating, and anticipated feelings of guilt related to engaging in academic misconduct. In addition, the results revealed high rates of several forms of cheating, particularly in unsupervised online tests, which have been used more widely since the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding raises concerns regarding the poor security of such assessments

Cheating · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Pandemic · Academic integrity and plagiarism · Applied Psychology · Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology