Abstract / Description of output
The current study examined children's lie-telling behavior across four motivational contexts at two time points: Time 1 (T1) and Time 2 (T2). There were 127 children (M T1 = 4.65 years old, SD = 0.66; M T2 = 6.93 years old, SD = 0.80) who participated twice in four experimental paradigms to examine antisocial and prosocial lie-telling behavior approximately 2 years apart. Children also completed cognitive measures, and parents completed questionnaires on parenting styles and their children's behavior. Results revealed that children's lie-telling was not uniform across motivational contexts within one time point but that children were fairly consistent in telling antisocial and prosocial lies over time. These findings advance our understanding of the development of lying and how children's decisions to lie may change over time and across motivational contexts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 34-55 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology |
Volume | 181 |
Early online date | 19 Jan 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2019 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- antisocial lies
- deception
- developmental trajectories
- lie-telling
- motivational contexts
- prosocial lies
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Jennifer Lavoie
- Moray House School of Education and Sport - Chancellor's Fellow - Global Challenges
- Institute for Education, Community & Society
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