ArticleBMC psychology2025
Dark personality traits are associated with academic misconduct, frustration, negative thinking, and generative AI use habits: the case of Sichuan art universities.
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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
- Moral Disengagement and Unethical Generative AI Use as the Chain Mediators Between Antagonistic Personality and Problematic Generative AI Use.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Personality traits measured by the HEXACO personality inventory and the dark triad predict university students' attitudes and misconduct behaviors related to generative artificial intelligence : Haiying LiangScientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAcademic misconduct among students is common, particularly now that AI tools are widely available. Students with dark personality traits may be more likely to engage in misconduct. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study examines how the dark personality traits of materialism, narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism are associated with academic dishonesty, anxiety, and procrastination, and, in turn, frustration, negative thinking and generative AI use habits.
methodSelf-reported data from 504 Chinese university art students were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
resultsResults showed that dark personality traits were significantly associated with academic dishonesty, anxiety, and procrastination, and that these markers of academic misbehavior were linked to increased frustration, negative thinking, and generative AI use.
conclusionThe findings highlight how personality traits are related to problematic academic behaviors and psychological difficulties. Academic institutions should provide appropriate training and psychological support to counter academic dishonesty and ensure students understand the value of academic ethics.
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