The role of self-presentation of low achievement, Disruptive behaviors and academic hopelessness in anticipation of the university student's academic cheating

The purpose of this research was define the role of self-presentation of low achievement, Disruptive behaviors and academic hopelessness on the students’ academic cheating. All of the shahid madany university students were the statistical population, approximately 6000. Statistical sample were 404. Instruments were migdly and et al(2000) Manual for the Patterrns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS). The reliability of the instruments were acceptable . collected Data were analyzed by SPSS.V.16, and stepwise multiple regression manner. Self-presentation of low achievement, Disruptive behaviors and academic hopelessness as independent variables, could predict the students’ academic cheating behavior meaningfully . Disruptive behavior, academic hopelessness, and self-presentation of low achievement had the greatest role on the students’ academic cheating respectively. Could concluded that if self-presentation of low achievement, Disruptive behaviors and academic hopelessness were high, as much as the academic cheating behavior would be high.