Validity of an Instrument to Detect Cheating Confirmed by the Elicited Emotional Reactions.

ABSTRACT: Cheating forms part of a complex emotional and cognitive process. However, although a relatively mundane phenomenon, instruments to evaluate cheating and its effects socially are scarce. This paper presents a five-stage approach aimed at providing validity to an instrument designed to assess cheating - specifically, its detection, and emotional reactions towards it once detected. An instrument was designed after (1) reviewing the relevant literature on cheating, in order to (2) design a bank of stimuli, (3) formulate a Delphi panel to judge the most coherent and pertinent ones, and (4) perform three pilot studies to adjust the final version of the instrument. Results from Stages 1 to 4 show that content validity was achieved for the Instrument for Detecting Cheating and its Emotional React

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Chavez P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720870 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature