Dark Personality and Morality Contribution to Academic Dishonesty

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati obilježja varanja u akademskom okruženju te odnos varanja, mračnih osobina ličnosti i moralnog rasuđivanja. U istraživanju je sudjelovao ukupno N=331 sudionik, studenti Građevinskog fakulteta, Fakulteta za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti te Pravnog fakulteta u Osijeku. Sudionici su ispunjavali Test moralnog rasuđivanja (Proroković, 2016), Kratku skalu mračne trijade (Jones i Paulhus, 2012), Upitnik sadističkih tendencija (Paulhus i sur., 2010) te Skalu varanja u školi (Šimić Šašić i Klarin, 2009). Rezultati pokazuju postojanje spolnih razlika u iskazanoj učestalosti varanja, pri čemu su muškarci bili skloniji varanju u odnosu na žene. Također je utvrđeno postojanje razlika u učestalosti varanja s obzirom na fakultetsko usmjerenje, pri čemu su studenti Pravnog fakulteta bili manje skloni upuštati se u takve oblike nepoštenog ponašanja u odnosu na studente drugih fakultetskih usmjerenja. Muškarci i žene nisu se međusobno razlikovali u iskazivanju pozitivnih stavova prema varanju, a razlika u stavovima nije pronađena niti s obzirom na fakultetsku orijentaciju studenata. Psihopatija je bila značajan pozitivan prediktor kriterija Čestina varanja, dok se ostale mračne osobine nisu pokazale značajnim prediktorima niti jednog kriterija. Indeks moralnog rasuđivanja nije bio značajno povezan niti sa jednom drugom mjerom korištenom u istraživanju.The aim of this research was to examine characteristics of the academic cheating, and the relation between cheating, dark personality traits and moral reasoning. The research was conducted on the sample of N = 331 participants, students of Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Law in Osijek. Participants completed The Test of Moral Reasoning (Proroković, 2016), Short Dark Triad (Jones i Paulhus, 2012), Varieties of Sadistic Tendencies (Paulhus i sur., 2010), and The Cheating Scale (Šimić Šašić, i Klarin, 2009). Results reveal gender differences, with male being more prone to cheating than women. There were also shown differences between different faculty orientations in cheating prevalence, with Law students being less prone to this kind of dishonest behaviour than students from two other colleges. Men and women did not differ in positive Attitudes towards Cheating, yet there were no differences between different faculty orientations in Attitudes toward Cheating. Psychopaty was significant positive predictor of the criterion Cheating Frequency, while other Dark Personalities were not significant predictors of any criteria. The Index of Moral Reasoning was not related to any other measure used in the research