RT Article
T1 Biosocial Risk Factors for Academic Dishonesty: testing a New Mediation Model in Young Adults
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 35
IS 1
SP 21
OP 35
A1 Portnoy, Jill
A2 Choy, Olivia
A2 Rudo-Hutt, Anna S.
A2 Raine, Adrian 1954-
A2 Legee, Kate
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1740414721
AB Researchers increasingly recognize that biological risk factors contribute to the development of antisocial behavior. Although academic dishonesty is a pervasive problem, this type of antisocial behavior has not been investigated in biosocial research. This article addresses this limitation by examining the relationship between academic dishonesty and resting heart rate in a sample of undergraduates (N = 149, 65.69% female, M age = 19.62 years). Subjects completed self-report academic dishonesty questionnaires, and heart rate was measured during a resting period. Low resting heart rate was associated with more frequent and varied academic dishonesty in females, but not in males. Self-control and sensation seeking, but not fearlessness, mediated this relationship in females. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine a biological risk factor for academic dishonesty. This is also the first study to examine self-control as a possible mediator of the resting heart rate-antisocial behavior relationship in adults. Findings suggest a potential pathway in young adults through which low resting heart rate may affect antisocial behavior.
K1 Academic dishonesty
K1 Resting heart rate
K1 Autonomic
K1 Self-control
DO 10.1177/1043986218810590