The relationship between Cheating Behavior and Cognitive-Emotional Trust: Mediating Role of Academic Motivation and Attitude Towards Cheating among students

Subject Areas : Psychology

Marjan Ghorbani Fard ¹ , Mojgan Sepahmansour ² , Afsaneh Ghanbaripanah ³

1 - Affiliation: Ph.D. candidate. Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Islamic Azad University
3 - ازاد تهران مرکز

Received: 2022-12-11 Accepted : 2023-04-08 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: Academic motivation, Cognitive-Emotional Trust, Cheating Behavior, Attitude Towards Cheating,

Abstract :

Background: It is a widely acknowledged fact that the future lies in the hands of the next generation whose success is mainly dependent on education. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of academic motivation and attitude towards cheating in relationships of cognitive-emotional trust with cheating behavior in students.Methods: The structural equation modeling correlation was the method used in this research. The statistical population of this study consisted of 384 students selected from all male second-high schools in 4 districts of Tehran in the academic year 2018-2019. The sample size was chosen using the cluster random sampling method. To collect data, Cognitive -Emotional Trust Scale, the cheating Behavior Questionnaire, The Academic Motivation Questionnaire, Academic Motivation Questionnaire, and the Attitude Towards Cheating Questionnaire were used. For data analysis, used Pearson’s correlation with SPSS 22 and structural equation modeling using AMOS 18 software were used. Mediation relationships of the final model were also tested using bootstrap (α = 0.05).Results: The results show that the fit indices of the research model include the chi-square index (χ2=9.28), relative chi-square (df2=2.32), goodness-of-fit index (GFI=0.991), the comparative fit index (CFI = 0.973), and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA = 0.05) indicate the goodness fit of the modified model.Conclusion: Since the findings of this study showed that the intermediary role of academic motivation and attitudes to cheat can affect the relationship between fraud and cognitive-confidence behavior