Providing a Causal Model for Perceptions of Emotional Climate and Flexibility of Family with Academic Dishonesty: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy

Introduction: According to the purpose, function, and necessity of schools, one of the issues that can interfere with the operation of the educational institutions and prevented them from reaching their goals is academic dishonesty. This study aimed to provide the causal model of academic dishonesty based on perceptions climate emotional and flexibility of family with the mediating role of academic self-efficacy.  Methods: This study was descriptive and correlational. Statistical population includes all upper secondary girl students in khorramabad city that 9981 was of through the rules of thumb kline the sample size of 240 person determination and through stratified random sampling method were selected. To collect the required data from questionnaires family emotional climate of Hill Berne (1964), Family flexibility shakeri (1382), Morgan and Jinks academic self-efficacy (1999) and academic cheating aliverdini, janalizade & amrani (1394) was used. The correlation matrix, path analysis and Goodness of Fit Index with use of software Lisrel 8.5 was used for data analysis. Results: The results of path analysis showed that perceptions of family emotional climate on academic self-efficacy and academic cheating direct impact and with self-efficacy mediation indirect impact but family flexibility on self-efficacy has direct effect and with mediated by self-efficacy indirect effect academic cheating had. Also academic self-efficacy has direct effect on academic cheating. Conclusions: The results of the direct effect perceptions of family emotional climate on academic self-efficacy and academic cheating and the mediating role of self-efficacy in structural relationship between perceptions of perceptions climate emotional and flexibility of family with students' academic cheating provides support.