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Introduction : Dishonesty is considered as a basic challenge in ethics of care, which imposes great burden on the Educational System and the Society. Dishonesty is accompanied with negative impacts on all aspect of academic atmosphere. The aim of this cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was to determine dishonesty among 5 majors of study, Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees in School of Nursing and Midwifery. Materials and Methods : 340 Undergraduate and Graduate students completed a questionnaire about all kinds of academic dishonesty and their causes. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytic statistics. Result : Suggested lowest levels of dishonesty among students of Midwifery (7.5%) and Anesthesiology (5.3%). Significant relationship was observed between sex and honesty (P<0.001). Also living place and the major had significant relationship with honesty (P<0.001). No significant relationships were found between dishonesty and education level and other demographic characteristics. Conclusions : Many types of cheating are preventable through rules, correct training and educational management, which will eventually promote honesty in the educational system. This reveals the necessity of medical students’ familiarity with ethical codes and faculties’ emphasis on importance and role of ethics in Medical Sciences.
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The purpose of the study is to examine factors associated with academic dishonesty among serial-academically frustrated students in Ogun State, Nigeria. Two hundred and fifty undergraduates registered with the academic empowerment programme at a private university in Nigeria were purposively selected for this study. The ages of the participants ranged from 17 to 21 years. Both the independent and dependent variables were measured with standardised instruments. The results showed that the independent variables jointly and relatively had significant influence on academic dishonesty among the sampled undergraduates. The result also showed gender difference in academic self-efficacy, locus of control and academic dishonesty but had no significant difference on motivation and academic dishonesty among male and female respondents. Implications for this study include the need to encourage character strength and development for enhancing the overall positive classroom behaviours, which eventually lead to successful academic achievement. University school counsellors should be saddled with the responsibility of nurturing the healthy development of all students.
El propósito de este estudio es examinar algunos factores (autoeficacia académica, motivación, lugar de control y género) asociados con la deshonestidad académica. Se seleccionaron 250 participantes de ambos sexos (76% hombres y 24% mujeres) de edades comprendidas entre 17 y 21 años utilizando la técnica de muestreo intencional. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron la escala general de autoeficacia, la escala de motivación académica, la escala de locus de control académico y la escala de deshonestidad académica. Se realizaron coeficientes de correlación, análisis de regresión y pruebas t. Autoeficacia académica, locus de control y motivación relacionada con la deshonestidad académica. Hubo una diferencia de género en la autoeficacia académica, el lugar de control y la deshonestidad académica. Los resultados y las implicaciones se discuten más a fondo.