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Publication Date: 2006-Mar
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The Relationship of Impulsiveness, Personal Efficacy, and Academic Motivation to College Cheating
Angell, Lance R.
College Student Journal, v40 n1 p118-131 Mar 2006
This investigation focused on the interrelationships among the frequency of cheating behaviors, impulsiveness, personal efficacy, and academic motivation. Sixty-one undergraduate students from a small private Catholic college in the Northeast completed the Academic Integrity Scale, subscales from Kurtines' (1978) Autonomy and Paulus' (1983) Spheres of Control scales, and Vallerand et al.'s (1992) Academic Motivation Scale. Correlations were slight and significant at the p lesser than 0.05 level. Pleasure/Satisfaction was negatively related to Test Assistance and positively related to Accomplishing. Future Well-Being was positively related to Plagiarism and negatively related to Impulsiveness. Plagiarism and Amotivation were positively related, as were Accomplishing and Intelligence. These findings are unique in that researchers have rarely found individual difference variables to be related to cheating behaviors. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Intelligence, Student Behavior, Correlation, Personality Traits, Well Being, Self Efficacy, Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation, Plagiarism, Integrity, Cheating, Individual Differences, Private Colleges, Catholic Schools
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Academic Motivation Scale
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