[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 12, Issue 1 (7-2017) ::
2017, 12(1): 143-153 Back to browse issues page
Relationship between Achievement Goal Orientations & Academic Cheating: The Mediatifng Role of Academic Moral Disengagement
Abstract:   (3500 Views)

Background: Academic cheating is one of the prevalent unmoral phenomena in educational systems that has been facilitated and spread increasingly with the development of technology. In this study, the effect of achievement goal orientations on academic cheating is investigated through the mediation of academic moral disengagement. 

Method: The present study is descriptive-correlation. The statistical population includes all students of Shahid Beheshti University in the second semester of 2016-2017. A total of 200 masters and Ph.D students were selected by convenience sampling. The measures used in this research are: Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised , Academic Moral Disengagement Scale and Cheating Behavior Scale. Data analysis was performed by the Structural Equation Modeling through software’s SPSS and AMOS.

Results: Results showed a negative significant relationship between mastery (approach and avoidance) goals and academic moral disengagement. Also, the relationship between mastery (approach and avoidance) goals and academic cheating was negative and insignificant. In addition, the relationship between performance (approach and avoidance) goals and academic moral disengagement was positive and significant. Also, the relationship between performance (approach and avoidance) goals and academic cheating was positive and insignificant.

Conclusion: It seems that educational interventions for increasing academic moral engagement are effective in reducing of academic cheating. These findings provide valuable information for educators want to reduce cheating in scientific environments, and provide important implications for moral education of students.

Keywords: Achievement Goal Orientations, Academic Cheating, Academic Moral Disengagement
Full-Text [PDF 276 kb]   (1091 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/06/30 | Accepted: 2017/06/30 | Published: 2017/06/30
Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Relationship between Achievement Goal Orientations & Academic Cheating: The Mediatifng Role of Academic Moral Disengagement. Ethics in Science and Technology 2017; 12 (1) :143-153
URL: http://ethicsjournal.ir/article-1-546-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 12, Issue 1 (7-2017) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه اخلاق در علوم و فناوری Ethics in Science and Technology
Creative Commons License
All works in this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.04 seconds with 37 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645