Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results

While artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by tools like ChatGPT, has undoubtedly ushered in numerous advantages within the realm of education, its implementation also underscores a range of constraints and challenges. The objective of the current study is to examine the association between the...

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Autores: Campo Carrasco, Lucía, Delgado de Frutos, Nahia, Etxabe Urbieta, José María, Kanso, Houssam, Gueye, Mamadou Lamine
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
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age
gender
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spelling Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic resultsCampo Carrasco, LucíaDelgado de Frutos, NahiaEtxabe Urbieta, José MaríaKanso, HoussamGueye, Mamadou Lamineartificial intelligenceplagiarismChatGPTagegenderhigher educationWhile artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by tools like ChatGPT, has undoubtedly ushered in numerous advantages within the realm of education, its implementation also underscores a range of constraints and challenges. The objective of the current study is to examine the association between the frequency of the use of ChatGPT for academic purposes and the extent of plagiarism, while also investigating the influence of personal variables such as gender, age, academic year, and educational background measured by previous results. To achieve this, a sample comprising 503 university students from Spain was recruited, and they were asked to complete a set of questionnaires designed to assess the constructs mentioned. The findings indicated that there is a correlation between the frequency of use of Chat- GPT and Plagiarism, but causality was not found. Besides, a moderator effect of age and academic year on the relationship between the use of ChatGPT and Plagiarism was found. These findings suggest the need to address certain factors of plagiarism among higher education students, such as awareness of plagiarism or the management of perceptions about the academic requirements.Springer Nature202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/76278reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10755-025-09830-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/© The Author(s) 2025. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenseoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/762782026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
title Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
spellingShingle Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
Campo Carrasco, Lucía
artificial intelligence
plagiarism
ChatGPT
age
gender
higher education
title_short Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
title_full Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
title_fullStr Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
title_sort Relationship between the use of ChatGPT and plagiarism in Higher Education: The influence of gender, age and previous academic results
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Campo Carrasco, Lucía
Delgado de Frutos, Nahia
Etxabe Urbieta, José María
Kanso, Houssam
Gueye, Mamadou Lamine
author Campo Carrasco, Lucía
author_facet Campo Carrasco, Lucía
Delgado de Frutos, Nahia
Etxabe Urbieta, José María
Kanso, Houssam
Gueye, Mamadou Lamine
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Etxabe Urbieta, José María
Kanso, Houssam
Gueye, Mamadou Lamine
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv artificial intelligence
plagiarism
ChatGPT
age
gender
higher education
topic artificial intelligence
plagiarism
ChatGPT
age
gender
higher education
description While artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by tools like ChatGPT, has undoubtedly ushered in numerous advantages within the realm of education, its implementation also underscores a range of constraints and challenges. The objective of the current study is to examine the association between the frequency of the use of ChatGPT for academic purposes and the extent of plagiarism, while also investigating the influence of personal variables such as gender, age, academic year, and educational background measured by previous results. To achieve this, a sample comprising 503 university students from Spain was recruited, and they were asked to complete a set of questionnaires designed to assess the constructs mentioned. The findings indicated that there is a correlation between the frequency of use of Chat- GPT and Plagiarism, but causality was not found. Besides, a moderator effect of age and academic year on the relationship between the use of ChatGPT and Plagiarism was found. These findings suggest the need to address certain factors of plagiarism among higher education students, such as awareness of plagiarism or the management of perceptions about the academic requirements.
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