What Contributes to College Students’ Cheating? A Study of Individual Factors

Ethics and Behavior 27 (5):401-422 (2017)
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Abstract

To better understand the multiple individual factors that contribute to college cheating, we undertook a multivariate analysis of a national sample of 2,503 college students. Our findings indicated that demographic characteristics, character qualities, college experience, and student perceptions and attitudes are all significantly associated with academic cheating.

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