Academic dishonesty among undergraduate students: Predicting the role of academic moral disengagement and academic motivation in academic dishonesty

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The purpose of the study was to develop a thorough understanding of academic dishonesty in undergraduate students. Data were collected from 442 undergraduate students from a state university in Ankara with Academic Motivation Scale, Academic Moral Disengagement Scale, Academic Dishonesty Scale, and Academic Dishonesty Questionnaire. Two hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine effect of academic moral disengagement, academic motivation, awareness of academic dishonesty regulations, gender, and GPA on academic dishonesty. The model explained 33% of exam-related academic dishonesty and 43% of assignment-related academic dishonesty. The most powerful predictor was students as the origin of academic moral dishonesty, followed by amotivation, and professors/university as the origin of academic moral disengagement for exam-related academic dishonesty. For assignment-related academic dishonesty, they were students as the origin of academic moral dishonesty, amotivation, gender, professors/university as the origin of academic moral disengagement, intrinsic motivation-to know, and extrinsic motivation-identified in order. Awareness of academic dishonesty regulations was not a predictor for both factors of academic dishonesty. Moreover, students reported that multiple-choice questions, knowledge-based questions, heavily weighted assignments, and assignments with a short time to complete was the most cheated in assessment types. Half of the students were not aware of their institutions’ academic dishonesty regulations. The majority of students believed that there was an increase in academic dishonesty during the Covid-19 pandemic. Less than half reported they had observed contract cheating.

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Academic Dishonesty, Academic Moral Disengagement, Academic Motivation, Contract Cheating, Covid-19 Pandemic

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K. Köfünyeli, “Academic dishonesty among undergraduate students: Predicting the role of academic moral disengagement and academic motivation in academic dishonesty,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.