Southern college students' cheating behaviors: An examination of problem behavior correlates

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 439-461

  Mustaine, Elizabeth Ehrhardt ^a   Tewksbury, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 23944503779     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016396290950659     Document Type: Article

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