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Thesis
EXAMINING ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT, LIMINALITY, AND STRAIN AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
University of West Florida
Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida
2018
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine academic misconduct, liminality, and strain among college students. This study utilized a quantitative approach to collect data from Sample A and Sample B populations at a public, regional, four-year university in the southeastern United States. Sample A participants consisted of a randomized sample of enrolled students at the sample site. Sample B participants consisted of students who had been found responsible for violating the sample site's academic misconduct policy. Each sample population completed a survey that consisted of nine academic misconduct items, 17 liminality items, and 17 strain items. The study utilized descriptive statistics and OLS regression modeling to analyze the data. A key finding of the study was unexpected: 44% of participants from Sample B indicated that they had never engaged in academic misconduct, even though all Sample B participants had been formally adjudicated and found responsible for academic misconduct at the sample site. Only 17% of Sample A participants indicated that they had engaged in academic misconduct. Finally, in a comparison of Sample A and Sample B participants regarding liminality and strain measures, OLS regression models revealed that college student age, race, sexual orientation, GPA, residence, and low self-confidence were significantly related to academic misconduct, liminality, and strain.
Details
- Title
- EXAMINING ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT, LIMINALITY, AND STRAIN AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Identifiers
- 99380090728606600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Science (MS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida