Academic Cheating in Disliked Classes

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-22

  Anderman, Eric M ^a   Won, Sungjun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic cheating; academic integrity; classroom goal structures; disliked class; sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; HUMAN; SENSATION SEEKING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 85030569223     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2017.1373648     Document Type: Article

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