Florida International University.
Pennsylvania State University - Hershey.
Child Dev. 2019 May;90(3):774-789. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12985. Epub 2017 Oct 27.
Children's lie-telling is surprisingly understudied among children with significant behavioral problems. In the present study, experimental paradigms were used to examine antisocial lie-telling among ethnically diverse 5- to 10-year-old children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBD; n = 71) and a typically developing (TD) comparison sample (n = 50) recruited from a southeastern state from 2013 to 2014. Children completed two games that measured the prevalence and skill of their lies: (a) for personal gain and (b) to conceal wrongdoing. Children with DBD were more likely to lie for personal gain than TD children. With age, children were more likely to lie to conceal wrongdoing, but the reverse was true regarding lies for personal gain. Results advance knowledge concerning individual differences in children's lie-telling.
在具有显著行为问题的儿童中，对其说谎行为的研究少之又少。在本研究中，通过实验范式，我们调查了来自 2013 年至 2014 年间东南部一个州的具有破坏性行为障碍（DBD；n=71）和典型发育（TD）对照组（n=50）的 5 至 10 岁行为异常的种族多样化儿童的反社会说谎行为。孩子们完成了两个游戏，用以测量他们说谎的普遍性和技巧：（a）为了个人利益，以及（b）为了隐瞒错误行为。与 TD 儿童相比，DBD 儿童更有可能为了个人利益而撒谎。随着年龄的增长，孩子们更有可能为了隐瞒错误行为而撒谎，但对于为了个人利益而撒谎的情况则正好相反。研究结果推动了对儿童说谎行为个体差异的认识。
