ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2022
Machiavellian Medical Students Report More Academic Misconduct: A Cocktail Fuelled by Psychological and Contextual Factors.
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- The Dark Tetrad and academic dishonesty: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of personality predictors of cheating, plagiarism, and deception in education.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- Indirect measurement of research misconduct among Iranian postgraduate students of medical sciences using the unmatched count technique.Research integrity and peer review · 2026Article
- Institutional environment, academic attitude, and misconduct among medical students: a structural equation modeling and cluster analysis.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Machiavellianism in Healthcare: A Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- How peer behavior shapes academic misconduct: The roles of moral disengagement and shame.PloS one · 2026Article
- Validation of the academic misconduct questionnaire: exploring predictors of student misconduct.Medical education online · 2025Article
- Identifying HEXACO personality types: what do type characteristics tell us about student misconduct?BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Indirect feedback as a tool for identifying academic misconduct: a cross-sectional multicentral study among medical students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Exploring academic dishonesty among medical students during clinical rotations: Prevalence, causes, and types in NKUMS, Iran.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Identification of the Core Characteristics of Vulnerable/Hypersensitive Narcissism and its Association with the Dark Triad in a Large International Sample: A Network Analysis Study.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose: Maladaptive personality traits and some psychological functioning indicators have been linked to academic misbehaviour; yet their role is still poorly explored in medical students. This study aims to assess associations of academic misconduct with dark personality traits and psychological well-being. Methods: Five hundred and ninety-one medical students attending the first, third and fifth-year at one Portuguese medical school replied to the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen, Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scales and an original Academic Misconduct Questionnaire, using a cross-sectional design. Multiple linear regression was performed to assess associations. Results: Fifth-year medical students who scored higher in Machiavellianism and psychological well-being and perceived greater peer fraud and lower penalty for cheating reported more academic misconduct. The explanatory power of the model was 16.6%. Machiavellianism showed the strongest associations with cheating, while sex and age were not significant predictors. Conclusion: This study offers relevant insights into how maladaptive personalities influence academic misconduct in medical students, and how this relationship is moulded by psychological and contextual factors. These findings can help guide institutional actions to foster academic integrity in future physicians.
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