Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/8821
Title: Factor structure of the attitudes toward cheating scale: An exploratory structural equation modeling analysis
Authors: Kam, Chester Chun Seng 
Prof. HUE Ming Tak 
Cheung, Hoi Yan 
Risavy, Stephen D. 
Issue Date: 2020
Source: Current Psychology, 2020, Vol. 39, pp. 1843-1852.
Journal: Current Psychology 
Abstract: Although the attitude of students toward academic cheating has been an important variable in academic misconduct research, few researchers have examined the factor structure of cheating attitudes. The current research analyzed the factor structure of an important scale in this area—the Attitudes toward Cheating (ATC) scale. The findings of the current research revealed a three-factor solution of academic cheating: conservativeness in the cheating accusation, justification of cheating, and perceived immorality of cheating students. In addition, the three factors that were identified were only weakly correlated; meaning that cheating attitudes are multi-faceted. Therefore, the common practice of calculating an overall ATC scale score may not be adequate for fully capturing cheating attitudes. Finally, the current paper serves as an example of how to employ the powerful statistical technique of exploratory structural equation modeling.
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/8821
ISSN: 1936-4733
1046-1310
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9887-6
Appears in Collections:Counselling and Psychology - Publication

Show full item record

Page view(s)

28
Last Week
5
Last month
checked on Nov 21, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Impact Indices

Altmetric

PlumX

Metrics


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.