Dataset of cheating in childhood: Exploring the link between parental reports of problem behaviors and dishonesty on simulated academic tests

Kaitlyn Wilson; Kanza Batool; Tz-Yu Duan; Catherine Ann Cameron; Kang Lee

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2024.111072

Dataset of cheating in childhood: Exploring the link between parental reports of problem behaviors and dishonesty on simulated academic tests

Data Brief. 2024 Oct 25:57:111072. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.111072. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Authors

Kaitlyn Wilson¹, Kanza Batool², Tz-Yu Duan³, Catherine Ann Cameron^{1

3}, Kang Lee²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, 38 Dineen Dr, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada.
² Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor Street West, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canada.
³ Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.

Abstract

The present data were reported in the article "Cheating in childhood: Exploring the link between parental reports of problem behaviors and dishonesty on simulated academic tests" (Wilson et al., 2024). It reports the findings from an online study to assess children's cheating behaviors on simulated academic tests. The dataset also contains key demographic information and information from parental reports of their children's behavior on the Child Behavior Checklist and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. This dataset contains information from 439 North American school-aged children (aged 4-11 years) and their parents. This dataset could be of interest to researchers interested in the consistency of children's cheating behaviors and the associations of cheating to a broader spectrum of childhood behavioral issues.

Keywords: Academic integrity; Child Behavior Checklist; Dishonesty; School-aged children; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.