Teenagers Lie a Lot: A Further Investigation into the Prevalence of Lying

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-220

  Levine, Timothy R ^a   Serota, Kim B ^b   Carey, Frankie ^c   Messer, Doug ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Lying; Prevalence Of Lies; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880383471     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824096.2013.806254     Document Type: Article

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