ERIC Number: EJ1119316
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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Do the Ends Strengthen the Means? An Examination of the Link between Purpose in Life and Academic Misconduct among College Students
Yu, Hongwei; Glanzer, Perry; Johnson, Byron
Journal of College and Character, v17 n4 p255-270 2016
Scholarship addressing academic misconduct has started to examine the relationship between academic misconduct and student virtues such as self-control. To date, however, no one has studied the relationship between academic misconduct and life purpose. To address this gap, the authors drew upon a large sample of 2,503 college students and used the structural equation modeling technique to examine this relationship. Although no direct relationship was found, the authors did find an indirect, negative association between students' purpose in life and self-reported engagement of academic misconduct.
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Ethics, Values, Cheating, Correlation, Self Concept, Structural Equation Models, Student Surveys, Questionnaires, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement, Rating Scales, Goodness of Fit, Interviews, Multivariate Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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