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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,
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701519387
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Ethics & Behavior, Volume 17, Issue 3 September 2007 , pages 323 - 336
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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.
Keywords: academic dishonesty; plagiarism; imagined future
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