Abstract
Academic cheating is a phenomenon present at all levels of education. The present study has tried to explore the academic cheating among adolescents with different levels of socio-economic status. A representative sample of 300 (150 male and 150 female) adolescents from urban and rural schools of five districts in Haryana was randomly selected. Academic Cheating Scale by Kalia & Kirandeep (2011) and Socio-economic Status Scale by Kalia & Sahu (2012) were used to assess academic cheating and socio-economic status of adolescents. ANNOVA followed by t-test was applied to study significant difference in academic cheating among adolescents with different levels of socio-economic status. The study revealed that adolescents having High socio-economic status were found to be significantly higher on academic cheating in comparison with adolescents having Low socio-economic. Similar results were observed for Male, Urban and Rural adolescents for same groups‟ comparison. No significant difference was found among female adolescents having high socio-economic status, middle socio-economic status and low socio-economic status. However no significant difference was observed for rest of groups‟ comparison.
Highlights
OBJECTIVES4. To study Academic Cheating among Urban adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic Status
Status adolescents (45.19 ± 23.64) „t‟ ratio being 1.51 is statistically insignificant. It indicates that no significant difference was observed among Male Very High Socio Economic Status adolescents in comparison with Male Middle Socio Economic Status adolescents
Similar results were observed in case of Male, Urban and Rural adolescents for same groups‟ comparison
Summary
4. To study Academic Cheating among Urban adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic Status. 5. To study Academic Cheating among Rural adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic Status. 2) There is no significant difference in academic cheating among Male adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic. 3) There is no significant difference in academic cheating among Female adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic. 4) There is no significant difference in academic cheating among Urban adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic. 5) There is no significant difference in Academic Cheating among Rural adolescents having High Socio Economic Status, Middle Socio Economic Status and Low Socio Economic. The questionnaires were collected and scored as per directions given in the manual
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