Individual Differences in Student Cheating

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-241

  Newstead, Stephen E ^a   Franklyn Stokes, Arlene ^a   Armstead, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030541864     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.88.2.229     Document Type: Article

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