Investigating the effect of academic procrastination on the frequency and variety of academic misconduct: a panel study

Patrzek, Justine; Sattler, Sebastian; Veen, Floris van; Grunschel, Carola; Fries, Stefan

doi:10.1080/03075079.2013.854765

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“…We provided full anonymity (Ong & Weiss, ), and anonymity perception concerning our survey (cf. Patrzek, Sattler, Veen, Grunschel, & Fries, ) did not affect the results (results available upon request). Item‐nonresponse was very low (0.6%) and no drop‐out occurred on the self‐report page, which indicates good data quality.…”

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Nonmedical use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement as response to chronic stress especially when social support is lacking

Sattler

2018

Stress and Health

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The nonmedical use of prescription drugs to improve cognitive performance has gained attention due to concerns over its social and political implications as well as side effects and long‐term health consequences. Some researchers expect a future trend of an instrumental use of drugs for cognitive enhancement (CE). Thus, getting insights about causes of CE‐drug consumption is warranted before the prevalence increases. Because perceived stress is ubiquitous in universities and may decrease cognitive performance, one reaction to cope with stress and its consequences might be the instrumental use of drugs for CE, especially if other resources, such as social support, are lacking. With a prospective design, randomly selected students from four German universities were invited to a web‐based survey and reinterviewed after 6 months (N = 2,203). Results show a 6‐month prevalence rate of self‐reported CE‐drug use of about 2%. Higher reported chronic stress is positively associated with CE‐drug use. Although social support has no main effect, stress‐buffering effects were found. In men with low stress, more support is associated with a higher chance of self‐reported CE‐drug use. These findings can inform intervention and prevention strategies such as changes in drug regulation or sensitizing (potential) users to unwanted health consequences.

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“…We provided full anonymity (Ong & Weiss, 2000), and anonymity perception concerning our survey (cf. Patrzek, Sattler, Veen, Grunschel, & Fries, 2015) did not affect the results (results available upon request).…”

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Nonmedical use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement as response to chronic stress especially when social support is lacking

Sattler

2018

Stress and Health

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“…Keith-Spiegel et al 1998, Whitley 1998Sattler, Graeff, and Willen 2013;Patrzek et al 2015). For example, it interferes with the internalization of norms of good scientific practice, general learning progression, and thus the acquisition of human capital (Bouville 2010;Dee and Jacob 2010;Bretag 2013).…”

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The use frequency of 10 different methods for preventing and detecting academic dishonesty and the factors influencing their use

Sattler

Wiegel

Veen

2015

Studies in Higher Education

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This study examines the use frequency by German faculty of 10 different methods for preventing and detecting cheating on exams, plagiarism, and falsification and/or fabrication of data. It also investigates the factors influencing their use. In total, 3655 faculty members from 55 randomly chosen disciplines at 4 German universities were contacted and asked to participate in a web-based survey. Our results show that some methods were applied (very) seldom (e.g. the use of textmatching software), while others were used more frequently (e.g. employing a sufficient number of supervisors for exams). Factors found to promote the increased use of many of these methods include those methods' perceived efficacy as well as external expectations that they be used. When the effort involved in applying a specific method is perceived as high, the frequency of use is reduced. Our results can help universities to improve the prevention and detection of academic dishonesty.

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“…Procrastination is a major issue for some people and students who procrastinate, who start completing their assignments later than they should, will not have enough time to finish them properly and will engage in some sort of academic misconduct such as fabricating excuses so that the lecturer extends the deadline or straight out plagiarizing. Patzrek et al [25], in fact, found that academic procrastination has a direct impact on three types of misconduct: Fraudulent excuse making, plagiarism and cheating in exams. Too much sophistication for the student in particular or for the level of knowledge the students are supposed to have at that stage.…”

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Academic Plagiarism: Yielding to Temptation

Ferro

Martins

2016

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Scope: Everybody lies. Plagiarism is pervasive because people are used to lying to succeed. While bringing up someone else's ideas may be an inadvertent case of cryptomnesia, or unintentional plagiarism, academic plagiarism is hardly ever that case. Building on the existing literature, the aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, it contributes to the creation of a new framework for the definition of academic plagiarism within the larger scope of academic dishonesty, or academic misconduct; on the other hand, it identifies forms to recognize and discourage it. Aim: Our aim is to provide the basis for a subsequent empirical study on the phenomenon of plagiarism at LABS-ISCAL hoping to help diminish this practice that is deeply rooted in students in general.

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Investigating the effect of academic procrastination on the frequency and variety of academic misconduct: a panel study

Cited by 96 publications

References 47 publications

Nonmedical use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement as response to chronic stress especially when social support is lacking

Nonmedical use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement as response to chronic stress especially when social support is lacking

The use frequency of 10 different methods for preventing and detecting academic dishonesty and the factors influencing their use

Academic Plagiarism: Yielding to Temptation

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