Development and validation of a questionnaire about reasons for academic cheating by nursing students: A cross-sectional study.

Autor:	Alotaibi JS; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Alotaibi AO; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.; Nursing Science and Public Health, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy., Manzar MD; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Almansour AM; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Alasiry S; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Alrasheadi BA; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Alanazy W; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Albougami A; Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia., Kashoo FZ; Department of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Medicine [Medicine (Baltimore)] 2024 Jun 07; Vol. 103 (23), pp. e38243.
DOI:	10.1097/MD.0000000000038243
Abstrakt:	Cheating behavior is spreading among nursing students worldwide, necessitating the development of a validated questionnaire evaluating the reasons for such behavior. Nursing students (N = 482) from 2 universities in Saudi Arabia participated in this observational study. A survey containing items on socio-demographics and the 33-item Reasons for Cheating Scale (RCS) was completed by the respondents. The RCS had a 1-factor structure; the model fit indices were similar between the 1-, 2-, and 3-factor models, but the inter-factor correlations were too high for the 2- and 3-factor models. The measures of the quality of the factor score estimates were as follows: factor determinacy index, 0.987; expected a posteriori marginal reliability, 0.974; sensitivity ratio, 6.178; and expected percentage of true differences, 97.3%. The measures of the closeness to unidimensionality for the overall RCS were as follows: unidimensional congruence, 0.957; explained common variance, 0.875; and mean item residual absolute loading, 0.223. The intraclass correlation coefficient and McDonald's omega were 0.96 (CI: 0.93-0.98) and 0.962 (95% CI: 0.958-0.967), respectively. The severity score, infit, and outfit ranged from -0.847 to -2.015, 0.813 to 1.742, and 0.837 to 1.661, respectively. For all RCS items, the thresholds ranked τi1 < τi2 < τi3 < τi4 and showed invariance between the sexes. The RCS showed robust psychometric validity for both classical and item response theory parameters. It also had excellent test-retest reliability, internal consistency, item discrimination, factorial validity, measurement invariance, and ordered threshold level for the responses. Therefore, the RCS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing cheating behavior among nursing students. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. (Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.)
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