Anxiety and the Urge to Conform: Triggers of Academic Dishonesty in the Health Sciences

There are still few educations that have individuals with good character. Most educational processes have academic problems such as academic dishonesty. This study aims to determine the effect of peer conformity and academic anxiety on academic dishonesty among students of the Health Sciences Faculty of University X in Indonesia. This study was conducted on 343 students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of X in Indonesia. The data collection method used the academic dishonesty scale, peer conformity scale, and academic anxiety scale. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 25 using descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis. Significance level (P) was considered to be<0.05. This study uses. The results of the analysis obtained that the value of arithmetic > t-table of (9.396 > 3.02) with a significance value (p) = 0.000 (p <0.05) so that the proposed hypothesis is accepted, namely there is an effect of peer conformity and academic anxiety on academic dishonesty on students of the Faculty of Health Sciences University X. The coefficient of determination shows peer conformity and academic anxiety provide an effective contribution to academic dishonesty by 4.7%. eliminating the causes of academic dishonesty such as peer conformity and academic anxiety can contribute to improving academic integrity.