Academic cheating in early childhood: Role of age, gender, personality, and self-efficacy.

Autor: Yee S; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada., Xu A; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada., Batool K; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canada., Duan TY; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada., Cameron CA; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada. Electronic address: acameron@psych.ubc.ca., Lee K; Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canada. Electronic address: kang.lee@utoronto.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of experimental child psychology [J Exp Child Psychol] 2024 Jun; Vol. 242, pp. 105888. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2024.105888
Abstrakt: The current study investigated the association of children's age, gender, ethnicity, Big Five personality traits, and self-efficacy with their academic cheating behaviors. Academic cheating is a rampant problem that has been documented in adolescents and adults for nearly a century, but our understanding of the early development and factors influencing academic cheating is still weak. Using Zoom, the current study recruited children aged 4 to 12 years (N = 388), measured their cheating behaviors through six tasks simulating academic testing scenarios, and assessed their Big Five personality traits and self-efficacy through a modified Berkeley Puppet Interview paradigm, as well as age and gender. We found that children cheated significantly less with increased age and that boys cheated significantly more than girls. However, neither Big Five personality traits nor self-efficacy were significantly correlated with children's cheating. These findings suggest that academic cheating is a developing issue from early to middle childhood and that factors such as gender socialization may play a role in such development. Personal characteristics such as personality traits and self-efficacy may undergo additional development before their associations with cheating become robust, as reported in the adult literature.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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