Academic procrastination and learned helplessness positively predict cheating tendency, while academic self-efficacy negatively predicts it among university students¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Academic procrastination and learned helplessness positively predicted cheating tendency, whereas academic self-efficacy negatively predicted it. → Yilmaz A 2026

Evidence¶

Yilmaz A 2026¶

Yilmaz A (2026) The psychological mechanisms and behavioral determinants of academic integrity in the age of artificial intelligence. Front. Psychol. 17:1853790. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1853790

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Cross-sectional correlational survey of 1,045 undergraduates from multiple disciplines, analyzed with multiple regression. The study reports that "academic procrastination and learned helplessness positively predicted cheating tendency, whereas academic self-efficacy negatively predicted it." No effect sizes are printed in the available text.

"The findings showed that academic procrastination and learned helplessness positively predicted cheating tendency, whereas academic self-efficacy negatively predicted it."

Discussion¶

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