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

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.