The prediction of academic dishonesty based on academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence in during pandemic Coronavirus

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to prediction of academic dishonesty based on academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence in during pandemic Coronavirus (Covid-19). The descriptive- correlation method was used. The statistical population consists of all female students high schools Tehran city in year academic 2019-2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, 200 female students by formula Plant of Tabachnick & Fidell (2007) were selected as samples and they were asked to fill in the academic dishonesty scale (ADS) of Witherspoon, Maldonado & Lacey (2010), schoolwork engagement inventory (SEI) of Salmela-Aro & Upadaya (2012), achievement goal questionnaire–revised (AGQ-R) of Elliot & Murayama (2008) and implicit theory of intelligence scale (ITIS) of Abd-El-Fattah & Yates (2006). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Findings showed that there was significant correlation between academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence with academic dishonesty (p < 0/01). Regression analyses also revealed that %64/3 of variance of academic dishonesty infidelity was explained by academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence. This study confirmed the significant contribution of academic engagement, achievement goals and implicit beliefs of intelligence on academic dishonesty in students.