School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Banyo, Australia.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2013 May;16(5):364-9. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0271. Epub 2013 Apr 10.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether intentions to fake online (cyberfaking) or in pencil-and-paper psychological testing differ. Participants (N=154) completed online questionnaires measuring attitudes toward faking, perceived behavioral control over faking, subjective norms regarding faking, and intentions to fake in future psychological assessment, with online and pencil-and-paper test administration scenarios compared. Participants showed similar intentions toward cyberfaking and faking in pencil-and-paper testing. However, participants held more positive attitudes toward cyberfaking than faking offline, greater perceived behavioral control over cyberfaking than offline faking, and more favorable subjective norms toward cyberfaking compared to offline faking. Analysis via multiple regression revealed that more positive attitudes toward cyberfaking, greater perceived behavioral control over cyberfaking, and more favorable subjective norms regarding cyberfaking were significantly related to the intention to cyberfake. In addition, more positive attitudes toward faking offline and greater perceived behavioral control over faking offline were significantly related to the intention to fake in offline tests. Overall, results indicated a similar pattern of relationship in the prediction of intentions to engage in faking regardless of the test administration modality scenario. Subjective norm, however, was not a significant predictor for faking offline. Future research could aim to include a behavioral faking outcome measure, as well as examine intentions to cyberfake in specific scenarios (for example, faking good or faking bad).
本研究旨在探究在网络环境下（网络造假）或在纸笔心理测试中进行造假意图是否存在差异。参与者（N=154）完成了在线问卷，用于测量对造假的态度、对造假行为控制的感知、关于造假的主观规范以及未来心理评估中的造假意向，比较了在线和纸笔测试的管理场景。参与者在网络造假和纸笔测试造假方面表现出相似的意图。然而，参与者对网络造假的态度比线下造假更积极，对网络造假的感知行为控制比对线下造假更强烈，对网络造假的主观规范比对线下造假更有利。通过多元回归分析表明，对网络造假的态度越积极、对网络造假的感知行为控制越强、对网络造假的主观规范越有利，与网络造假意图显著相关。此外，对线下造假的态度越积极、对线下造假的感知行为控制越强，与线下测试造假意图显著相关。总体而言，无论测试管理模式如何，研究结果表明，在预测造假意图方面存在相似的关系模式。然而，主观规范并不是线下造假的显著预测因素。未来的研究可以旨在纳入行为造假的结果衡量标准，并检查在特定场景下（例如，造假好或造假坏）的网络造假意图。
