2,308
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Socio-cognitive determinants of plagiarism intentions among university students during emergency online learning: Integrating emotional, motivational, and moral factors into theory of planned behavior

, PhDORCID Icon & , PhDORCID Icon
Article: 2168362 | Received 13 Aug 2022, Accepted 23 Dec 2022, Published online: 12 Feb 2023

References

  • Abbasi, P., Yoosefi-Lebni, J., Jalali, A., Ziapour, A., & Nouri, P. (2021). Causes of the plagiarism: A grounded theory study. Nursing Ethics, 28(2), 282–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733020945753
  • Aguilera-Hermida, A. P., Quiroga-Garza, A., Gómez-Mendoza, S., Del Río Villanueva, C. A., Avolio Alecchi, B., & Avci, D. (2021). Comparison of students’ use and acceptance of emergency online learning due to COVID-19 in the USA, Mexico, Peru, and Turkey. Education and Information Technologies, 26(6), 6823–6845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10473-8
  • Ahorsu, D. K., Lin, C. Y., Imani, V., Saffari, M., Griffiths, M. D., & Pakpour, A. H. (2020). The fear of COVID-19 scale: Development and initial validation. International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8
  • Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50(2), 179–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/0749-5978(91)
  • Ajzen, I. (2002). Residual effects of past on later behavior: Habituation and reasoned action perspectives. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6(2), 107–122. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327957PSPR0602_02
  • Ajzen, I., & Fishbein, M. (2005). The influence of attitudes on behavior. In D. Albarricín, B. Johnson, & M. Zanna (Eds.), The handbook of attitudes (pp. 173–222). Erlbaum.
  • Akbulut, Y., & Dönmez, O. (2018). Predictors of digital piracy among Turkish undergraduate students. Telematics and Informatics, 35(5), 1324–1334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.03.004
  • Al-Nuaimi, M. N., Al-Aufi, A., & Bouazza, A. (2017). The effects of sociocultural factors on the information ethics of undergraduate students. Library Review, 66(6/7), 378–398. https://doi.org/10.1108/LR-09-2016-0082
  • Al-Nuaimi, M. N., Bouazza, A., & Abu-Hilal, M. M. (2021). Parameters of ICT-associated deviant behaviour among Omani undergraduates: A socio-psychological perspective. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, 70(3), 225–253. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-12-2019-0148
  • Amida, A., Appianing, J., & Marafa, Y. A. (2021). Testing the predictors of college students’ attitudes toward plagiarism. Journal of Academic Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-021-09401-9
  • Anderman, E. M., Griesinger, T., & Westerfield, G. (1998). Motivation and cheating during early adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90(1), 84–93. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.90.1.84
  • Anderman, E. M., & Midgley, C. (2004). Changes in self-reported academic cheating across the transition from middle school to high school. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 29(4), 499–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.02.002
  • Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., & Turken, A. U. (1999). A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition. Psychological Review, 106(3), 529–550. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.106.3.529
  • Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action. Prentice-Hall, Inc.
  • Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. Freeman. Macmillan.
  • Beck, L., & Ajzen, I. (1991). Predicting dishonest actions using the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Research in Personality, 25(3), 285–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(91)90021-H
  • Chin, W. W. (1998). The partial least squares approach for structural equation modeling. In G. A. Marcoulides (Ed.), Methodology for business and management. Modern methods for business research (pp. 295–336). Erlbaum.
  • Chirikov, I., Shmeleva, E., & Loyalka, P. (2020). The role of faculty in reducing academic dishonesty among engineering students. Studies in Higher Education, 45(12), 2464–2480. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1616169
  • Cho, M.-H., & Shen, D. (2013). Self-regulation in online learning. Distance Education, 34(3), 290–301. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2013.835770
  • Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd) ed.). Erlbaum.
  • Conner, M., & Armitage, C. J. (1998). Extending the theory of planned behavior: A review and avenues for further research. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28(15), 1429–1464. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01685.x
  • Cronan, T. P., & Al-Rafee, S. (2008). Digital piracy: Factors that influence attitude toward behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 77(1), 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-005-1902-9
  • Cronan, T. P., Mullins, J. K., & Douglas, D. E. (2018). Further understanding factors that explain freshman business students’ academic integrity intention and behavior: Plagiarism and sharing homework. Journal of Business Ethics, 147(1), 197–220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2988-3
  • du Rocher, A. R. (2020). Active learning strategies and academic self-efficacy relate to both attentional control and attitudes towards plagiarism. Active Learning in Higher Education, 21(3), 203–216. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787418765515
  • Eret, E., & Ok, A. (2014). Internet plagiarism in higher education: Tendencies, triggering factors and reasons among teacher candidates. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39(8), 1002–1016. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2014.880776
  • Farooq, R., & Sultana, A. (2021). Measuring students’ attitudes toward plagiarism. Ethics & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2020.1860766
  • Fishbein, M., & Ajzen, I. (2015). Predicting and changing behavior: The reasoned action approach. Routledge. Psychology Press.
  • Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(1), 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1177/002224378101800104
  • Hair, J. F. J., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C. M., & Sarstedt, M. (2017). A primer on partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) (Second) ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.
  • Hendy, N. T., & Montargot, N. (2019). Understanding academic dishonesty among business school students in France using the theory of planned behavior. International Journal of Management Education, 17(1), 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2018.12.003
  • Hendy, N. T., Montargot, N., & Papadimitriou, A. (2021). Cultural differences in academic dishonesty: A social learning perspective. Journal of Academic Ethics, 19(1), 49–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-021-09391-8
  • Henseler, J., Ringle, C. M., & Sarstedt, M. (2015). A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 43(1), 115–135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-014-0403-8
  • Hughes, J. M. C., & McCabe, D. L. (2006). Understanding academic misconduct. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 36(1), 49–63. https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v36i1.183525
  • Hulland, J. (1999). Use of partial least squares (PLS) in strategic management research: A review of four recent studies. Strategic Management Journal, 20(2), 195–204. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199902)20:2<195::AID-SMJ13>3.0.CO;2-7
  • Jereb, E., Perc, M., Lämmlein, B., Jerebic, J., Urh, M., Podbregar, I., Šprajc, P., & Wedrich, A. (2018). Factors influencing plagiarism in higher education: A comparison of German and slovene students. Plos One, 13(8), e0202252. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202252
  • Johnson, D. G. (2009). Computer Ethics (fourth) ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.
  • Jordan, A. E. (2001). College student cheating: the role of motivation, perceived norms, attitudes, and knowledge of institutional policy. Ethics & Behavior, 11(3), 233–247. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327019EB1103_3
  • Jung, I. (2009). Ethical judgments and behaviors: Applying a multidimensional ethics scale to measuring ICT ethics of college students. Computers and Education, 53(3), 940–949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.05.011
  • Karim, N. S. A., Zamzuri, N. H. A., & Nor, Y. M. (2009). Exploring the relationship between Internet ethics in university students and the big five model of personality. Computers & Education, 53(1), 86–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.001
  • Kauffman, Y., & Young, M. F. (2015). Digital plagiarism: An experimental study of the effect of instructional goals and copy-and-paste affordance. Computers & Education, 83, 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.12.016
  • King, D. L., & Case, C. J. (2014). E-cheating: Incidence and trends among college students. Issues in Information Systems, 15(I), 20–25. https://doi.org/10.48009/1_iis_2014_20-27
  • Koay, K. Y., Tjiptono, F., & Sandhu, M. S. (2021). Predicting consumers’ digital piracy behaviour: Does past experience matter?, International. Journal of Emerging Markets, ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-09-2020-1067
  • Krou, M. R., Fong, C. J., & Hoff, M. A. (2021). Achievement motivation and academic dishonesty: a meta-analytic investigation. Educational Psychology Review, 33(2), 427–458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09557-7
  • Lanier, M. M. (2006). Academic integrity and distance learning. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 17(2), 244–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511250600866166”
  • Leach, C. W., Queirolo, S. S., DeVoe, S., & Chemers, M. (2003). Choosing letter grade evaluations: The interaction of students’ achievement goals and self-efficacy. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 28(4), 495–509. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0361-476X(02)
  • Lin, Y., & Clark, K. D. (2021). Speech assignments and plagiarism in first year public speaking classes: An investigation of students’ moral attributes in relation to their behavioral intention. Communication Quarterly, 69(1), 23–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2020.1864429
  • Maloshonok, N., & Shmeleva, E. (2019). Factors influencing academic dishonesty among undergraduate students at Russian universities. Journal of Academic Ethics, 17(3), 313–329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-019-9324-y
  • McCabe, D. L., Feghali, T., & Abdallah, H. (2008). Academic dishonesty in the middle east: Individual and contextual factors. Research Higher Education, 49(5), 451–467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-008-9092-9
  • McCabe, D. L., Trevino, L. K., & Butterfield, K. D. (2002). Honor codes and other contextual influences on academic integrity: A replication and extension to modified honor code settings. Research in Higher Education, 43(3), 357–378. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014893102151
  • Michaels, J. W., & Miethe, T. D. (1989). Applying theories of deviance to academic cheating. Social Science Quarterly, 70(4), 870–885.
  • Midgley, C., Kaplan, A., Middleton, M., Maehr, M. L., Urdan, T., Anderman, L. H., Anderman, E., & Roeser, R. (1998). The development and validation of scales assessing students’ achievement goal orientations. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 23(2), 113–131. https://doi.org/10.1006/ceps.1998.0965
  • Moss, S. A., White, B., & Lee, J. (2018). A systematic review into the psychological causes and correlates of plagiarism. Ethics & Behavior, 28(4), 261–283. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2017.1341837
  • Murdock, T. B., & Anderman, E. M. (2006). Motivational perspectives on student cheating: Toward an integrated model of academic dishonesty. Educational Psychologist, 41(3), 129–145. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep4103_1
  • Nguyen, J. G., Keuseman, K. J., & Humston, J. J. (2020). minimize online cheating for online assessments during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(9), 3429–3435. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00790
  • Parks-Leduc, L., Guay, R. P., & Mulligan, L. M. (2021). The relationships between personal values, justifications, and academic cheating for business vs. Non-business students. Journal of Academic Ethics, 20(4), 499–519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-021-09427-z
  • Pham, C. H., Vu, N. H., Le, A. Q., & Trinh, L. T. N. (2021). Students’ plagiarism behavior: The case of universities in Vietnam. Ilkogretim Online, 20(2), 341–351. https://doi.org/10.17051/ilkonline.2021.02.35
  • Reedy, A., Pfitzner, D., Rook, L., & Ellis, L. (2021). Responding to the COVID-19 emergency: Student and academic staff perceptions of academic integrity in the transition to online exams at three Australian universities. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 17(9), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-021-00075-9
  • Reidenbach, R. E., & Robin, D. P. (2013). Toward the Development of a Multidimensional Scale for Improving Evaluations of Business Ethics. In A. Michalos & D. Poff (Eds.), Citation Classics from the Journal of Business Ethics. Advances in Business Ethics Research (Vol. 2, pp. 45–67). Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4126-3_3
  • Ringle, C. M., Da Silva, D., & Bido, D. D. S. (2014). Structural equation modeling with the SmartPLS. Revista Brasileira de Marketing, 13(2), 56–73. https://doi.org/10.5585/remark.v13i2.2717
  • Sabbagh, C. (2021). Self-reported academic performance and academic cheating: Exploring the role of the perceived classroom (in)justice mediators. British Jouranl of Educational Psychology, e12433. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12433
  • Steinberger, P., Eshet, Y., & Grinautsky, K. (2021). No anxious student is left behind: Statistics anxiety, personality traits, and academic dishonesty—lessons from COVID-19. Sustainability, 13(9), 4762. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094762
  • Stephens, J. M. (2018). Bridging the divide: The role of motivation and self-regulation in explaining the judgment-action gap related to academic dishonesty. Frontiers in Psychology, 9(246), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00246
  • Stephens, J. M., & Gehlbach, H. (2007). Under pressure and underengaged: motivational profiles and academic cheating. In H. School, E. M. Anderman, & T. B. Murdock (Eds.), Psychology of academic cheating (pp. 107–134). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012372541-7/50009-7
  • Stone, T. H., Jawahar, I., & Kisamore, J. L. (2010). Predicting academic misconduct intentions and behavior using the theory of planned behavior and personality. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 32(1), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973530903539895
  • Sullivan, D. P. (2016). An integrated approach to preempt cheating on asynchronous, objective, online assessments in graduate business classes. Online Learning, 20(3), 195–209.
  • Thomas, D. (2017). Factors That Explain Academic Dishonesty Among University Students in Thailand. Ethics and Behavior, 27(2), 140–154. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508422.2015.1131160
  • Tindall, I. K., & Curtis, G. J. (2020). Negative Emotionality Predicts Attitudes Toward Plagiarism. Journal of Academic Ethics, 18(1), 89–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-019-09343-3
  • Tremayne, K., & Curtis, G. J. (2021). Attitudes and understanding are only part of the story: Self-control, age and self-imposed pressure predict plagiarism over and above perceptions of seriousness and understanding. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 46(2), 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2020.1764907
  • Uzun, A. M., & Kilis, S. 2020. Investigating antecedents of plagiarism using extended theory of planned behavior. Computers & Education, 144, 103700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103700
  • Whitley, B. E. (1998). Factors associated with cheating among college students: A review. Research in Higher Education, 39(3), 235–274. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018724900565
  • Williamson, B., Enyon, R., & Potter, J. (2020). Pandemic politics, pedagogies, and practices: Digital technologies and distance education during the coronavirus emergency. Learning, Media, and Technology, 45(2), 107–114. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2020.1761641
  • Yang, T., Wang, Y., Deng, J., & Huang, C. (2021). Attitude, social norms, and perceived behavioral control influence the academic integrity-related behavioral intentions of graduate students. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 49(4), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.9996
  • Yoon, C. (2011). Theory of planned behavior and ethics theory in digital piracy: An integrated model. Journal of Business Ethics, 100(3), 405–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0687-7
  • Zaccoletti, S., Camacho, A., Correia, N., Aguiar, C., Mason, L., Alves, R. A., & Daniel, J. R. (2020). Parents’ perceptions of student academic motivation during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-country comparison. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 592670. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.592670