A model test towards university students’ cheating behaviour in the context of the theory of planned behaviour


Koç S., Memduhoglu H. B.

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.727-748, 2020 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18844/cjes.v15i4.5056
  • Dergi Adı: Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.727-748
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2020 Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. All rights reserved.This study aimed to identify the causal relationships amongst attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, moral obligation and intention towards cheating by the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The study sample (n = 1,220) consists of senior students at the faculties of Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey. The data were collected with the scales; attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, moral obligation and intention towards cheating, which were developed by researchers of the study. The data were analysed by the exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis. It can be concluded that the Theory of Planned Behaviour is capable of explaining the attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, moral obligation and intention variables towards cheating, and it is confirmed in a good model fit with this study. According to the path analysis results, the attitude towards cheating has a strong and significant effect for cheating intention, and subjective norms and the perceived behavioural control towards cheating have no significant effect for cheating intention.