Structural Equation Modeling of the Relationship Between Goal Orientation and Attitudes Toward Cheating: Academic Motivation as a Mediating Variable

Subject Areas : Educational Psychology

Nafiseh BBakhtiyari Khoei ¹ , Esmaeil Soleymani ²

1 - Omrmieh
2 - Ormieh

Received: 2018-10-11 Accepted : 2019-09-24 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Academic motivation, Goal Orientations, Attitude toward Cheating,

Abstract :

In present research the structural equation modeling of the relationship between goal orientation and Attitudes toward cheating with mediating role of academic motivation was studied. In a descriptive correlational study, 110 students were selected with simple random sampling method from 185 dishonest students who were received warning letter from university disciplinary committee within the period of 2013-2017. They completed goal orientation, attitude to cheating and academic motivation scales. For analysis, structural equation modeling(SEM) was used. The results showed that the standard coefficients of goal orientation to academic motivation (β=0.53), goal orientation to attitude toward cheating (β=0.69) and academic motivation to attitude to cheating (β=0.39) paths were significant. As well as bootstrap test results demonstrated that goal orientation to attitude to cheating by mediating of academic motivation indirect path (β=0.39) was significant. According to these findings academic motivation can affect the relationship between goal orientation and attitude to cheating

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Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. S. (2002). Expectancy value of achievement motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25(1),68-81.

Wormington S.V., Henderlong Corpus, J., Anderson, K. G. (2012). A person-centered investigation of academic motivation and its correlates in high school. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 429–438.

Zahiri Nav B, Rajabi S. Evaluation of a group of students with lower academic motivation variables Persian language and literature. Daneshvar (Raftar) Shahed University. 2009;16(36):69-80[In Persian].

 

Alt, D & Geiger, B. (2012). Goal Orientations and Tendency to Neutralize Academic Cheating: An Ecological Perspective.  Psychol Stud, 57(4):404–416.

Anderman, E. M., Griesinger, T., & Westerfield, G. (1998). Motivation and cheating during early adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 60, 84–93

Arias, J. F. (2004). Recent perspectives in the study of motivation: Goal Orientation Theory. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2(1), 35-62.

Baker, S. R. (2004). Intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivational orientations: their role in university adjustment, stress, well-being, and subsequent academic performance. Current Psychology, 23(3): 189-202.

Cury, F., Elliot, A. J., Da Fonseca, D., & Moller, A. C. (2006). The social-cognitive model of achievement motivation and the 2 × 2 achievement goal framework. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 666–679.

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Farid, a. The role of motivational factors of personal goal orientations, academic self-efficacy and academic press on academic cheating behavior of pharmacy students. Journal of Education Strategies in Medical Sciences. 2017, 9 (6) 414-423 [In Persian].

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Midgley C; Kaplan A; Middleton M; Maehr ML; Urdan T; Anderman L H; Anderman E& Roeser R. (1998). The development and validation of scales assessing student’s achievement goal orientations. Contemporary Educational Psychology; 23: 113-131.

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Miller, Yona & Izsak, Ronit. (2017). Students' Involvement in Academic Dishonesty and Their Attitudes towards Copying in Exams and Academic Papers. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(3): 225-232.

Moradi V, Saidi Jam M. A study of identifying the cheating trend in exams of medical students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Teb va Tazkieh. 2001;(40):19-23. [Persian]

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Pintrich PR; AnneMarie MC; Toni M& Kempler. (2003). Current issues in achievement goal theory and research. International Journal of Educational Research; 39: 319-337.

Pintrich, P. R.(2000b). Multiple Goals, Multiple Pathways: The role of goal orientation in learning and achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(3), 544-555.

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Rakovski, C. C., Levy, E. S. (2007). Academic dishonesty: Perceptions of business students. College Student Journal 41(2), 466–482.

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Smith, K.J., Davy, J.A., Rosenberg, D. L., Haight G. T. (2010). The Role of Motivation and Attitude on Cheating Among Business Student. Journal of Academic and Business Ethics

Stephens, J. M. Romakin, V., Yukhymenko, Mariya. (2010). Academic motivation and misconduct in two cultures: A comparative analysis of US and Ukrainian undergraduates. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 6(1), 47–60.

Svinicki, M. D. (2005). Student Goal Orientation, Motivation, and Learning. The IDEA Center.

Topîrceanu, A. (2017) Breaking up friendships in exams: A case study for minimizing student cheating in higher education using social network analysis. Computers & Education, doi:10.1016/j.compedu. 2017.08.008

Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., Blais, M. R., Briere, N. M., Senecal, C. & Valliers, E. F. (1992). The Academic Motivation Scale: A measure of Intrinsic, Extrinsic & Amotivatoin in education. Educational & psychological measurement, 52, 1003-1017.

Whitley, B. E., 1998. Factors associated with cheating among college students: A review. Research in higher education, 39(3), 235–274.

Wigfield, A., & Eccles, J. S. (2002). Expectancy value of achievement motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25(1),68-81.

Wormington S.V., Henderlong Corpus, J., Anderson, K. G. (2012). A person-centered investigation of academic motivation and its correlates in high school. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 429–438.

Zahiri Nav B, Rajabi S. Evaluation of a group of students with lower academic motivation variables Persian language and literature. Daneshvar (Raftar) Shahed University. 2009;16(36):69-80[In Persian].