Original scientific paper
High School Cheating in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slavica ŠIMIĆ ŠAŠIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0002-4465-1716
; University of Zadar, Zadar
Mira KLARIN
orcid.org/0000-0003-4138-7531
; University of Zadar, Zadar
Abstract
School cheating in Croatia is a widespread phenomenon, but it
is little spoken of, and even less investigated. The aim of this
research was to determine the prevalence and acceptability of
cheating, reasons why it occurs, the existence of possible
differences in cheating considering the states where the students
come from and the attitude toward the acceptability of cheating.
The research was conducted on a sample of 390 students of
high schools in the Republic of Croatia (in Zadar) and 353
students of high schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Žepče).
During one school hour students completed The Demographic
Data Questionnaire, Scale of Cheating, Scale of Reasons for
Cheating and The Social Injustice Questionnaire. The results
showed that high school cheating is very frequent both in Croatia
and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The reasons for cheating can be
divided into two groups: internal and external. The students in the
Republic of Croatia tend to cheat more, and cheating is more
acceptable to them than to the students in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. The students who approve of cheating are more
susceptible to cheating (in both states), which is in accordance
with Turiel's model of morality which supposes that students do
not perceive cheating as a problem of morality, but rather as a
simple disobedience of social norms.
Keywords
morality and cheating; prevalence of cheating; reasons for cheating; school cheating
Hrčak ID:
45779
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2009.
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