Academic Cheating in College Students: Relations among Personal Values, Self-esteem and Mastery

Academic cheating is one of the most blamed and still frequent and somehow accepted practice presents in the life of college students. In the current study we are interested to look at the relation among this trend and personal values, self-esteem and mastery. Also, the frequency and type of cheating is studied. Self-esteem and mastery feeling is negative associated with cheating. Small, negative correlations were obtained between cheating and values placed on honesty and academic achievement. Students with a more optimistic view on human nature cheat less, but there was no relation between the cynic ones and cheating.