Is Plagiarism a Forerunner of Other Deviance? Imagined Futures of Academically Dishonest Students
Authors:
Gwena Lovett-Hooper a;
Meera Komarraju b;
Rebecca Weston b;
Stephen J. Dollinger b
| Affiliations: | a Rich Mountain Community College, |
| b Southern Illinois University Carbondale, |
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10.1080/10508420701519387
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Abstract
This study explored the relationship of current incidences of academic dishonesty with future norm/rule-violating behavior. Data were collected from 154 college students enrolled in introductory and upper-level psychology students at a large Midwest public university who received credit for participating. The sample included students from many different majors and all years of study. Participants completed a self-report survey that included a measure of Academic Dishonesty (including three subscales: Self-Dishonest, Social Falsifying, and Plagiarism) and an Imagined Futures Scale (five subscales that included Norm/Rule Violating, Physically Threatening, Culturally Diverse, Emotionally Distressing, and Agentic Futures). Correlation analyses indicated a significant positive relationship between all three Academic Dishonesty subscales and an imagined norm/rule-violating future. Further, regression analyses revealed social falsifying as being significantly predictive of a norm/ rule-violating future. Suggestions are made alerting educators to the importance of monitoring and discouraging academic dishonesty as it may lead to rule-violating behavior in the future.
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| Keywords: academic dishonesty; plagiarism; imagined future |
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