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Theory of Planned Behavior on Students Intention to Cheat

Dannalyn D Ibañez

 

Abstract:

Academic cheating is considered as one of the major concerns in a healthcare education institution. The study aimed to examine the fit of models based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and to examine the extent to which the models predict the student’s intention to cheat. The Theory of Planned Behavior is governed by three types of beliefs – attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Students’ intention to cheat depends on their attitude, social pressure (e.g peer pressure), and their perception of a particular behavior or act. Based on the result, intention strengthens the positive relationship between attitude and behavior which means that the better the intention, the better the behavior that a student possesses. Moreover, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control are significant predictors of students’ cheating behavior. The model with three items were specified as factors of acceptable to good fit, x2 (299) = 164.180, p ≤ .000, RMSEA = 0.07, CFI = 0.983, GFI = 0.948, CMIN/DF = 2.831.