DOES GRIT GUARANTEE STUDENTS DO NOT ACADEMIC DISHONESTY?
Open Access
- 2 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institucion Universitaria Politecnico Grancolombiano in Panorama
- Vol. 15 (29), 13-31
- https://doi.org/10.15765/pnrm.v15i29.1708
Abstract
Academic dishonesty is still a concern of researchers in various parts of the world. this is because there are still many academicians doing this unethical behavior. We examine how Grit plays a role in academic dishonesty. Does grit guarantee students not to commit academic dishonesty? A quantitative approach is used in this research. A total of 408 students in Indonesia participated (M = 95; F = 313). The measuring instrument used is the Academic Dishonesty Scale adapted from Ampuni et, al (2019) with α = 0.860 and the Grit Scale for Children and Adult used by Wahidah (2019) with α = 0.727. The results show that Grit has a significant negative effect on academic dishonesty. The more gritty, the lower the academic dishonesty will be. We also discuss the implications in relation to education El OBJETIVO: la deshonestidad académica sigue siendo una preocupación para los investigadores en varias partes del mundo. Esto se debe a que todavía hay muchos académicos que incurren en este comportamiento poco ético. ¿Se ha examinado cómo la determinación (grit, en inglés) juega un papel en la deshonestidad académica? ¿Predice la determinación el logro académico? ¿Modera el género la influencia de la determinación en la deshonestidad académica? MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: esta investigación utiliza un enfoque cuantitativo. Participaron 408 estudiantes de Indonesia (M = 95; F = 313). El instrumento de medición utilizado es la Escala de Deshonestidad Académica adaptada de Ampuni et al. (2019) con α = 0,860 y la Escala de Grit para Niños y Adultos utilizada por Wahidah (2019) con α = 0,727. RESULTADOS Y DISCUSIÓN: los resultados muestran que todas las variables de la investigación influyen en la deshonestidad académica. Incluso la influencia de la determinación, el género y el logro académico combinados generan mayor deshonestidad académica. Sin embargo, el género no pudo moderar la influencia de la determinación en la deshonestidad académica. CONCLUSIONES: concluimos que los estudiantes que tienen determinación reducirán la tendencia a comportarse de manera poco ética en lo académico, en este caso, deshonestidad académica.Keywords
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