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When Opportunity Knocks: College Students' Cheating Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jenkins, Baylee D., Golding, Jonathan M., Le Grand, Alexis M., Levi, Mary M., Pals, Andrea M.·2023·Teaching of Psychology
DOI 10.1177/00986283211059067
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Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant, unforeseen changes in classroom instructions, including the evaluation of students. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate college students’ cheating both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of (a) preponderance of cheating, (b) the factors that may have led to an increase in the amount of cheating, and (c) the underlying reasons for and affective response to cheating. Method A sample of primarily Psychology majors ( N = 214) attending a public land-grant university in the southeastern U.S. voluntarily completed a survey at the end of the Fall 2020 semester. Results The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic increased first time cheating, cheating in online classes was higher than that of in-person classes for most types of graded materials, and students are adept and adaptive at dealing with faculty attempts to combat cheating. Students’ primary reasons for cheating were “feeling pressure,” and “pandemic,” and students who had cheated reported feeling “relieved” most often. Conclusion With the onset of the pandemic and subsequent increase in online instruction, cheating behavior has also increased. Teaching Implications As online enrollment continues to grow, understanding students’ cheating behavior.

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Authors
Jenkins, B. D., Golding, J. M., Le Grand, A. M., Levi, M. M., & Pals, A. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Kentucky (US)
  • Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Corresponding author
Jenkins, Baylee D.
ORCID
Venue
Teaching of Psychology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2022-02-18
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
407-419
ISSN
  • 0098-6283 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-8023
DOI
10.1177/00986283211059067
OpenAlex
W4213090966
Cited by
85
References
23
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 3 · 2019: 1
FWCI
18.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Teaching of Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
Keywords
academic dishonesty, COVID-19 pandemic, university students, online courses, online instruction, academic integrity, student pressure, psychology majors

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