Investigating the Link Between Home-School Dissonance and Academic Cheating Among High School Students

Lynda Brown-Wright; Kenneth M. Tyler; Danelle Stevens-Watkins; Deneia Thomas; Shambra Mulder; Travonia Hughes; Ruby Stevens-Morgan; Clarissa Roan-Belle; Nadia Gadson; La Toya Smith

doi:10.1177/0042085912469203

Investigating the Link Between Home-School Dissonance and Academic Cheating Among High School Students

Lynda Brown-Wright, Kenneth M. Tyler, Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Deneia Thomas, Shambra Mulder, Travonia Hughes, Ruby Stevens-Morgan, Clarissa Roan-Belle, Nadia Gadson, La Toya Smith

Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology

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The current study examined the association between home-school dissonance and academic cheating among 344 high school juniors and seniors at two urban high schools. Students completed two subscales of the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scale (PALS) and one subscale of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). Analyses revealed that home-school dissonance significantly predicted both amotivation and academic cheating. In addition, results revealed that amotivation was a significant mediator of the association between home-school dissonance and academic cheating. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	314-334
Number of pages	21
Journal	Urban Education
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085912469203
State	Published - Mar 2013

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This research was supported by a grant provided to the 1st and 2nd authors by the Office of the President, University of Kentucky.

Keywords

African American students
academic achievement
culture
subjects
urban education

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