Varanje u srednjim školama u Hrvatskoj i u Bosni i Hercegovini
High School Cheating in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: School cheating in Croatia is a widespread phenomenon, but it is little spoken of, and even less investigated. The aim of this research was to determine the prevalence and acceptability of cheating, reasons why it occurs, the existence of possible differences in cheating considering the states where the students come from and the attitude toward the acceptability of cheating. The research was conducted on a sample of 390 students of high schools in the Republic of Croatia (in Zadar) and 353 students of high schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Žepče). During one school hour students completed The Demographic Data Questionnaire, Scale of Cheating, Scale of Reasons for Cheating and The Social Injustice Questionnaire. The results showed that high school cheating is very frequent both in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The reasons for cheating can be divided into two groups: internal and external. The students in the Republic of Croatia tend to cheat more, and cheating is more acceptable to them than to the students in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The students who approve of cheating are more susceptible to cheating (in both states), which is in accordance with Turiel's model of morality which supposes that students do not perceive cheating as a problem of morality, but rather as a simple disobedience of social norms.

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