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Academic dishonesty and attitudes towards academic dishonest acts: support for cognitive dissonance theory.

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The present study examined the relation between self-reported academic dishonesty and attitudes towards dishonest academic behaviors in 244 college students. Analysis suggested that self-reported academic dishonesty and approval of academic dishonest ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2003Feb in Journal: Psychol Rep (Language : eng)

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1. Psychol Rep. 2003 Feb;92(1):174-6

Academic dishonesty and attitudes towards academic dishonest acts: support for cognitive dissonance theory.

Storch EA, Storch JB

Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. eas77@columbia.edu

The present study examined the relation between self-reported academic dishonesty and attitudes towards dishonest academic behaviors in 244 college students. Analysis suggested that self-reported academic dishonesty and approval of academic dishonest behaviors were positively correlated.

PMID : 12674279 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Eric A	Storch	EA
Jason B	Storch	JB

Affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. eas77@columbia.edu

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