Cases of incongruity: Exploring the divide between adolescents' beliefs and behavior related to academic dishonesty

Educational Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-376

  Stephens, Jason M ^a   Nicholson, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Adolescence; Moral judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949110588     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802257127     Document Type: Review

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