Table 3.
Predictors of general academic integrity of UG (n = 609) and GEM (n = 92) occupational therapy students based on bootstrapped linear regression analysis.
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Before bootstrapping |
After bootstrappinga |
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| Bb | SE B | β | t | p | PC | PC2 | SE B | p | BCa 95 % CI Lower | BCa 95 % CI Upper | |
| Predictors for UG students | |||||||||||
| (Constant) | 28.26 | 3.822 | 7.395 | .001 | 4.720 | .001 | 18.092 | 38.855 | |||
| Age | .705 | .248 | .113 | 2.840 | .005c | .115 | .0132 | .322 | .028c | .152 | 1.330 |
| Gender | –2.247 | .540 | –.163 | –4.161 | .001c | –.168 | .0282 | .607 | .001c | –3.437 | –1.070 |
| Grade point average | –.600 | .260 | –.093 | –2.306 | .021c | –.094 | .0088 | .250 | .015c | –1.089 | –.099 |
| MDSP Factor 1 Authoritative standards | –.007 | .134 | –.002 | –.049 | .961 | –.002 | na | .133 | .960 | –.259 | .247 |
| MDSP Factor 2 Public meaning | –.425 | .187 | –.095 | –2.271 | .024c | –.093 | .0086 | .196 | .028c | –.796 | –.068 |
| MDSP Factor 3 Moral practice | .299 | .108 | .114 | 2.761 | .006c | .112 | .0125 | .105 | .003c | .096 | .490 |
| ADTC Scale 1: Tendency towards cheating | –1.457 | .516 | –.122 | –2.826 | .005c | –.115 | .0132 | .505 | .005c | –2.521 | –.405 |
| ADTC Scale 3: Tendency towards dishonesty in the process of doing and reporting research | –1.135 | .411 | –.120 | –2.762 | .006c | –.112 | .0125 | .474 | .016c | –2.042 | –.187 |
| ADTC Scale 4: Tendency towards dishonesty in providing appropriate references and acknowledgements | 1.504 | .441 | .140 | 3.412 | .001c | .138 | .0019 | . 544 | . 006c | .505 | 2.473 |
| PASS Factor 1: Pressures to perform | –.073 | .082 | –.036 | –.899 | .369 | –.037 | na | .083 | .395 | –.238 | .090 |
| PASS Factor 3: Self-perceptions | –.090 | .109 | –.035 | –.833 | .405 | –.034 | na | .104 | .378 | –.292 | .102 |
| Predictors for GEM students | |||||||||||
| (Constant) | 29.40 | 10.87 | 2.704 | .008 | 9.633 | .003 | 10.652 | 49.516 | |||
| Gender | –3.99 | 1.607 | –.236 | –2.479 | .015c | –.261 | .0681 | 1.883 | .036c | –7.736 | –.621 |
| No. of hours of direct time spent attending occupational therapy education programme each week | –.059 | .092 | –.062 | –.642 | .522 | –.070 | na | .074 | .408 | –.209 | .110 |
| No. of hours per week spent in paid employment while attending your occupational therapy education programme | .122 | .080 | .151 | 1.520 | .132 | .164 | na | .089 | .185 | –.059 | .302 |
| MDSP Factor 1 Authoritative standards | .480 | .352 | .131 | 1.363 | .176 | .147 | na | .371 | .201 | –.246 | 1.438 |
| ADTC Scale 1: Tendency towards cheating | –1.746 | 1.686 | –.100 | –1.035 | .303 | –.112 | na | 1.319 | .173 | –4.171 | .895 |
| ADTC Scale 4: Tendency towards dishonesty in providing appropriate references and acknowledgements | –4.656 | 1.637 | –.269 | –2.844 | .006c | –.296 | .0876 | 2.009 | .017c | –8.731 | –2.097 |
| PASS Factor 2: perceptions of workload and examinations | .487 | .285 | .171 | 1.707 | .091 | .183 | na | .261 | .062 | .013 | .929 |
aUnless otherwise noted, bootstrap results are based on 1000 bootstrap samples.
bB remained unchanged after bootstrapping.
cStatistically significant p-values (p < 0.05).
GEM: graduate-entry masters; Constant: y-intercepts of regression line; B: unstandardised beta coefficient; SE B: standard error for the unstandardised beta; β: standardised beta; t: the t test statistic; CI: confidence interval; PC: Part Correlation; PC2: Part Correlation Squared; BCa: bias-corrected and accelerated; MDSP: Moral Development Scale for Professionals; ADTC: Academic Dishonesty Tendency Scale; PASS: Perceived Academic Sources of Stress; na: not applicable.