Investigate the Mediating Role of Attitudes To Cheating in the Relationship Between Social Support and Educational Justice With Cheating Behavior

Purpose: this research aimed to investigate the mediating role of attitudes to cheating in the relationship between social support and educational justice with cheating behavior. methodology: present study was cross-sectional from type of correlation. the research population was all high school female students of tehran city in 2018-19 academic years with number of 120000 people. the sample size was calculated according to cochran's formula 400 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. the research instruments were the questionnaires of attitudes to cheating (fealy & et al, 2014), social support (zimet & et al, 1988), educational justice (golparvar, 2011) and cheating behavior (newsted & et al, 1996). data were analyzed by structural equation modeling method with using path analysis in amos-23 software. findings: the findings showed that social support and educational justice had a negative and direct effect on attitudes to cheating and cheating behavior and attitudes to cheating had a positive and direct effect on cheating behavior. also, social support and educational justice with mediating attitudes to cheating had a negative and indirect effect on cheating behavior (p<0.01). in addition, the model of mediating role of attitudes to cheating in the relationship between social support and educational justice with cheating behavior had a good fit. conclusion: based on the results, to reduce cheating behavior can be developed and implemented through workshops programs to change in social support, educational justice and attitudes to cheating.