The Relationship between Plagiarism and Spiritual Health among M.S Students of Knowledge &Information Science at Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between plagiarism and spiritual health among students of knowledge information science Islamic Azad universities in Tehran city.  

The present study was a descriptive survey study. The statistical population of the study was 486 people. Sampling was performed by simple random sampling. The estimated sample size was 215 based on Cochran's formula. Data collection tools were Goa (2011) plagiarism questionnaire and Paloutzian and Ellison (1982) spiritual health questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential tests) Pearson correlation coefficient) were used to analyze the data with the help of SPSS software version 20.

The results of Pearson test showed that there was a significant relationship between spiritual health and plagiarism there was a significant relationship between students' gender variables with plagiarism and spiritual health. There was no significant relationship between the undergraduate variable with spiritual health and plagiarism. The results of Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant relationship between the existential dimension of spiritual health and rate of plagiarism and the religious dimension of spiritual health and the rate of plagiarism.

The results showed that the more spiritual health among students, the less scientific-literary theft among them. Therefore, university officials are advised to focus more on the dimensions of spiritual health among students to maintain a healthy scientific and literary environment in society.