The effect of moral foundations in predicting scientific integrity with the mediation role of religious orientation

Objective(s): The current study was conducted aiming to assess the effect of moral foundations on academic integrity through the mediation of religious orientations. Methods: This was a cross sectional study on 544 (413 females & 131 males) convince sample of students of Tehran universities in Iran. The required data were collected using a multi-part questionnaire including demographic information, the Moral Foundation Questionnaire (MFQ), the Circumplex Religious Orientation Inventory (CROI), and the Academic Dishonesty. Then data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and bootstrap test was used to check the mediating role of variables. Results: The mean age of participants was 23.96 ± 6.43 years ranging from 17 to 53. The results showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between academic integrity and moral foundations (r=0.14, p