Academic cheating as planned behavior: the effects of perceived behavioral control and individualism-collectivism orientations

Abstract To inform interventions against academic cheating among college students, the study tests moderating role of construct perceived behavioral control as originally proposed yet seldom tested in Theory Planned Behavior, and further cultural boundary conditions for this with a focus on four horizontal-vertical individualism-collectivism orientations. Using multicampus survey data collected from 2293 Chinese undergraduate moderation analyses suggest significant negative joint effect subjective norm positive insignificant attitude towards cheating. Further moderated identify pattern comparing three-way interactions: effects are stronger under combination low horizontal individualism collectivism, respectively. The contributes to nuanced understanding utility Behavior predicting supports multivariable intervention approach that closely integrates administrative measures students’ attitudinal normative beliefs concern subtle influences