EGO DEPLETION AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY IN STUDENTS COLLEGE DURING PANDEMI COVID-19

Herdian Herdian,Nadia Dwi Suci Ningtyas Putri

doi:10.17770/eid2021.2.6715

Herdian Herdian, Nadia Dwi Suci Ningtyas Putri

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https://doi.org/10.17770/eid2021.2.6715

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is still being felt until September 2021 in several countries around the world. We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially on unethical behavior during online learning—other phenomena such as ego depletion trigger academic dishonesty behavior that occurs. A total of 92 students participated in this research. The measurement tool uses the ego depletion scale and the academic dishonesty scale. The results show that ego depletion is a significant predictor of academic dishonesty. The contribution of ego depletion to academic dishonesty is 16.3%. Ego fatigue makes students choose an easier academic path, which they feel has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. So that the behavior of academic dishonesty increases. The implications and research suggestions are discussed in detail.

Highlights

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic until September 2021 in several countries still has a significant impact on human behavior
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies reported that there was an increase in academic stress (Herdian & Mildaeni, 2021), increased anxiety (Wang & Zhao, 2020), sleep quality (Marelli et al, 2021), to an increase in unethical behavior
The scale developed by Ampuni et al (2019) was compiled based on aspects of Academic Dishonesty according to McCabe & Trevino (1993) and Stone et al (2010), namely Cheating Collaboration and Plagiarism

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic until September 2021 in several countries still has a significant impact on human behavior. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was more significant on students than on workers, and women were more affected than men (Marelli et al, 2021). This can cause changes in the daily activities of people around the world. We conducted a follow-up study on unethical behavior such as academic dishonesty among college students This is important to study because we think that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic must be prevented as early as possible so that students can behave professionally in their academics

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