## 3 Results and Discussion
### Why Do Students Plagiarize?
#### 3.2.4 Personal and Psychological Reasons  
Five Nvivo-generated themes were placed in the category of personal and psychological reasons. These themes were a lack of confidence, a lack of interest, laziness, looking for shortcuts and easy ways to finish their tasks, and the availability of the internet. These were identified by 27, 26, 23, 15, and 10 students, respectively.  
A lack of self-belief and confidence is one of the more significant reasons for plagiarism [43]. Twenty-seven students echo this, saying that, sometimes, the students were unsure of their own abilities and talent. They lacked confidence and self-belief, which would lead them to find alternative ways to finish their tasks. Sometimes, the lack of confidence is not due to academic problems, but to personal issues. One student wrote, _\"Some students do not have confidence. They think others work better than them, [so] they chose to plagiarize.\"_ Another student described it in these words, _\"Some students are in a complex [situation, are afraid,] or have low confidence that they cannot write [a] good piece of text and feel hesitation, so they copy and paste in [their] assignments and other work.\"_  
Twenty-six students identified the students' lack of interest as one of the key reasons. One student wrote, _\"Often there is time. Students are active. But they don't have interest in the studies.\"_ Another student said that many of those students who would plagiarize were quite active and smart. They had ample time to finish their tasks, but they would do other things. He wrote emphatically, _\"They are more clever [and] more active. They find ways to cheat the teachers. It is not easy. They could do [a] better job in writing assignments, but they find no interest in writing [on] their own.\"_  
Research about plagiarism shows that students often lacked interest in the given tasks. These students, due to their laziness, their disinterest, or other reasons, would look for shortcuts and easy ways to complete the task. Many students acknowledged that one of the causes of plagiarism was sheer laziness, as supported by the literature [52]. One student wrote, _\"Often there is time, but students are lazy. They don't want to work.\"_ Another student also reported that _\"many students want to complete assignments [and receive] good marks, but they do not want to work. Plagiarism is an easy option for such students.\"_  
Fifteen students said that many would plagiarize because they regard it as a quick and easy way of completing academic assignments and tasks. They did not specify if their desire to complete tasks in an easy way was due to laziness, a lack of interest, a lack of confidence, or an unavailability of modern tools. As a result, it was regarded as a separate theme.  
The last theme in this category is the availability of the internet and other modern tools. Ten students cited the availability of the internet and other online tools and resources as one of the determinants in the spread of plagiarism. Multiple articles also indicate this [10,11], as modern tools and technologies help the students not only to find the relevant materials more easily but also to rephrase them to avoid detection. One student pointed this out, writing, _\"[The] Internet has made writing easy. Students can find materials. Some software can rephrase it. It is not easy to catch them.\"_ This leaves teachers and supervisors in a difficult situation. Until and unless these educators have read the original article and remember it clearly, it is difficult to catch this type of technologically savvy cheating.