title: Academic misconduct among nursing students: a multivariate investigation.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to determine the degree to which several independent variables correlate with perceived instance of academic misconduct among nursing students. Maslow's Need-Goal Motivation Model served as the guiding framework for the study. It was postulated that nursing students' perceptions of their peers' maturity, academic commitment, and neutralizing attitude would be correlated with perceptions of their peers' involvement in various forms of academic misconduct. Results indicated a moderately high degree of correlation exists among the variables (Function I Rc2 = 0.325; p < .001).
authors.affiliation: Educational Leadership and Research, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg 39406-5027.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008960:Models, Psychological; D035863:Moral Development; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010379:Peer Group; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires