Cheating behaviors in academic context: Does academic moral disengagement matter?

Maria Luisa Farnese; Carlo Tramontano; Roberta Fida; Marinella Paciello

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.250

Cheating behaviors in academic context: Does academic moral disengagement matter?

Maria Luisa Farnese^*, Carlo Tramontano, Roberta Fida, Marinella Paciello

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This contribution investigated cheating behaviors in the academic context by translating a model developed by Bandura and his colleagues in the study of transgressive behaviors. We investigated the role of domain specific self-efficacy beliefs and academic moral disengagement in influencing students' cheating behaviors and academic performance. We included also a contextual factor, namely peers' cheating behaviors. A structural equation model was implemented on a sample of 416 Italian college students. Results confirmed the posited model, highlighting the pivotal role of academic moral disengagement and peers behaviors in facilitating cheating behaviors, above and beyond the impact of self-efficacy beliefs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	356-365
Number of pages	10
Journal	Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.250
Publication status	Published - 17 Dec 2011
Event	2nd International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology, ICEEPSY 2011 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 19 Oct 2011 → 22 Oct 2011

Keywords

Cheating
College students
Moral disengagement
Peers influence
Self-efficacy

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