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Academic dishonesty is a major problem and is thus a highly relevant area of inquiry. Considerable research has shown that key traits from the Big Five model of personality are associated with various forms of anti-social behaviour. To date, however, relatively little research interest has been devoted to study the relationship between personality traits and plagiarism. This study attempts to fill this gap by examining the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the inclination to commit plagiarism by undergraduate students. The main conclusion is that the inclination to plagiarize is negatively associated with "Conscientiousness" and "Agreeableness" traits. "Neuroticism" was not found to be related to the inclination to plagiarize. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Trait emotional intelligence, forgiveness, and gratitude are assumed to be theoretically linked with important implications for psychological and social well-being. This study examined the emotional and behavioural dispositional profile of Cape Verdeans and Portuguese by combining together for the first time trait emotional intelligence, emotional intelligence, forgiveness, and gratitude. The sample comprised 327 participants, of whom 119 were Cape Verdean and 208 were Portuguese. The results showed that trait emotional intelligence, willingness to forgive, and gratitude were higher for Cape Verdean compared to Portuguese participants. Lasting resentment was lower among the Cape Verdeans than among the Portuguese. Overall, data suggested that cultural differences might exist across the three constructs examined [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]