Lying in everyday life
DePaulo, Kashy, Kirkendol, Wyer and Epstein, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 70(5), 1996, 979-995. Seven-day diaries from 77 college students and 70 community adults. Students averaged 1.96 lies a day and community adults 0.97; about one interaction in three (students) and one in five (adults) contained a lie. Self-centred lies were 45.5 and 56.7 per cent of lies, other-oriented 25.7 and 24.5 per cent; 88.3 and 90.8 per cent of lies were at least partly about the liar. Lies were rated low in seriousness and planning; most participants would tell the same lie again. Interactions with lies were rated slightly less intimate and more often by telephone.
DePaulo, Kashy, Kirkendol, Wyer and Epstein, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 70(5), 1996, 979-995. Seven-day diaries from 77 college students and 70 community adults. Students averaged 1.96 lies a day and community adults 0.97; about one interaction in three (students) and one in five (adults) contained a lie. Self-centred lies were 45.5 and 56.7 per cent of lies, other-oriented 25.7 and 24.5 per cent; 88.3 and 90.8 per cent of lies were at least partly about the liar. Lies were rated low in seriousness and planning; most participants would tell the same lie again. Interactions with lies were rated slightly less intimate and more often by telephone.
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DePaulo, B. M., Kashy, D. A., Kirkendol, S. E., Wyer, M. M., & Epstein, J. A. (1996). Lying in everyday life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(5), 979-995. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.70.5.979 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.70.5.979