Academic dishonesty among Greek University students from different disciplines: a latent profile analysis of cheating perceptions and academic self-handicapping

This study investigated the associations between academic dishonesty, perceptions toward cheating and academic self-handicapping in 572 Greek University students using an online anonymous questionnaire. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was employed to form subgroups of students based on academic dishon...

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Published in:Ethics & behavior 2024-07, Vol.34 (5), p.327-341
Main Authors: Kokkinos, Constantinos M., Antoniadou, Nafsika, Voulgaridou, Ioanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic disciplines
Academic dishonesty
academic major
academic self-handicapping
Cheating
College students
Communications technology
Dishonesty
Information technology
Males
Perceptions
Selfhandicapping behaviour
university students
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Summary:This study investigated the associations between academic dishonesty, perceptions toward cheating and academic self-handicapping in 572 Greek University students using an online anonymous questionnaire. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was employed to form subgroups of students based on academic dishonesty - related constructs. The results showed that academic dishonesty was higher in males and among Sciences and Economics/ICT majors, and that it was associated with students' perceptions and a pattern of dysfunctional academic behavior. Moreover, students majoring in Science and Economics/ICT reported higher levels of witnessing a peer cheating, which was positively linked to academic dishonesty. LPA revealed three groups of students with low, medium, and high academic dishonesty-related variable scores. The implications of these findings for understanding how perceptions about cheating and academic self-handicapping are linked to academic dishonesty are discussed. The study also suggests some possible interventions to prevent and reduce academic dishonesty based on the emerged student profiles.
ISSN:1050-8422
1532-7019
DOI:10.1080/10508422.2023.2216816