Table 4.

Subjective norms toward plagiarism among study participants

Statements	Faculty members			PG students			P
	Disagree (%)	Neither disagree nor agree (%)	Agree (%)	Disagree (%)	Neither disagree nor agree (%)	Agree (%)
1. Authors say they do not plagiarize, when in fact, they do	13.3	16.7	70	15.9	28.9	55.6	0.076
2. Those who say they have never plagiarized are lying	16.7	40	43.3	17.5	27.8	54.8	0.151
3. Sometimes, I am tempted to plagiarize because everyone else is doing it (students, researchers, and physicians)	56.7	14.4	28.9	36.5	28.6	34.9	0.007*
4. I keep plagiarizing because I have not been caught yet	77.8	13.3	8.9	62.7	27.8	9.5	0.034*
5. I work (study) in a plagiarism-free environment	40	24.4	35.6	43.7	31	25.4	0.249
6. Plagiarism is not a big deal	70	16.7	13.3	42.1	33.3	24.6	0.001*
7. Sometimes, I copy a sentence or two just to become inspired for further writing	42.2	16.7	41.1	27.8	14.3	57.9	0.042*
8. I do not feel guilty for copying verbatim a sentence or two from my previous papers	40	16.7	43.3	35.7	19.8	44.4	0.757
9. Plagiarism is justified if I currently have more important obligations or tasks to do	60	20	20	49.2	23.8	27	0.280
10. Sometimes, it is necessary to plagiarize	53.3	20	26.7	23	31	46	0.001*

Chi-square test; *Indicates significant at P≤0.05