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Effect of dispositional traits on pharmacy students' attitude toward cheating.
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PMID:  21769145     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relation between dispositional traits and pharmacy students' attitudes toward cheating in a university setting.
METHODS: A questionnaire was administered primarily to pharmacy students at a comprehensive university in the southeastern United States to assess self-esteem, self-efficacy, idealism, relativism, student attitudes toward cheating, tolerance for peer cheating, detachment from the university, Machiavellian behavior, and demographic information.
RESULTS: Gender, degree of idealism, relativism, and Machiavellian traits were found to influence student attitudes toward cheating, while age, grade-point average (GPA), race, income, and marital status did not.
CONCLUSIONS: Considered collectively, these data support the study model prediction that the major determinants of student attitudes toward cheating are based on the degree of idealism and relativism evident in the students' dispositional trait. Idealism was found to be inversely related to the likelihood of a student engaging in cheating or tolerating peer cheating.
Authors:
Marilyn D Saulsbury; Ulysses J Brown; Simone O Heyliger; Ruby L Beale
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of pharmaceutical education     Volume:  75     ISSN:  1553-6467     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Pharm Educ     Publication Date:  2011 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-07-19     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372650     Medline TA:  Am J Pharm Educ     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  69     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Hampton University School of Business.
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