Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment

Many recent studies has been indicating that academic dishonesty is more frequent in higher education, under the form plagiarism, cheating on exams, and copying assignments from other students. The present research aims to explore the relationship of personality traits, academic dishonesty and aca...

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Main Authors: A.-M. CAZAN, C. IACOB
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2017-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://webbut.unitbv.ro/bulletin/Series%20VII/CPPETT/06_Cazan%20&%20Iacob.pdf
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description Many recent studies has been indicating that academic dishonesty is more frequent in higher education, under the form plagiarism, cheating on exams, and copying assignments from other students. The present research aims to explore the relationship of personality traits, academic dishonesty and academic adjustment. The results showed that conscientiousness, honesty and openness were significantly negatively related to reports of academic dishonesty. Academic neuroticism was the most powerful predictor of cheating behaviours, while an overall high level of maladjustment predicted the positive attitudes towards academic cheating. The significant associations between academic adjustment and academic dishonesty confirmed previous research in the field.
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spelling doaj.art-bbe1a4ea634d415e89699d492463c8762023-01-02T22:32:36ZengTransilvania University of Brasov Publishing HouseBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law2066-77012066-771X2017-12-0110(59)Special Issue5966Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustmentA.-M. CAZAN0C. IACOB1Transilvania University of Brasov, RomaniaTransilvania University of Brasov, RomaniaMany recent studies has been indicating that academic dishonesty is more frequent in higher education, under the form plagiarism, cheating on exams, and copying assignments from other students. The present research aims to explore the relationship of personality traits, academic dishonesty and academic adjustment. The results showed that conscientiousness, honesty and openness were significantly negatively related to reports of academic dishonesty. Academic neuroticism was the most powerful predictor of cheating behaviours, while an overall high level of maladjustment predicted the positive attitudes towards academic cheating. The significant associations between academic adjustment and academic dishonesty confirmed previous research in the field.http://webbut.unitbv.ro/bulletin/Series%20VII/CPPETT/06_Cazan%20&%20Iacob.pdfacademic dishonestypersonality traitsacademic adjustmentuse of Internet
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Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
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title Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
title_full Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
title_fullStr Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
title_full_unstemmed Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
title_short Academic dishonesty, personality traits and academic adjustment
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