Under Pressure to Achieve? The Impact of Type and Style of Task Instructions on Student Cheating

Combining principles of Achievement Goal Theory, which maintains that performance goals play a key role in individuals’ likelihood of cheating, and Self-Determination Theory, which highlights the importance of autonomy support and autonomous motivation underlying achievement goals, we examined wheth...

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Main Authors: Caroline Julia Pulfrey, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Aikaterina Michou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01624/full