Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Research Centre for Endogenous Resource Valorisation, Valoriza, Portalegre, Portugal.
CICPSI - Faculty of Psychology, Research Center for Psychological Science, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2021 Sep;2021(179):93-110. doi: 10.1002/cad.20451. Epub 2022 Jan 1.
This research aims to understand how children conceptualise lying and how they associate it with moral reasoning within a narrative that contains everyday moral transgressions. This study also explores whether children are willing to lie when they are asked to do so by close adults, such as mothers, fathers and teachers, even after declaring that lying is wrong. We interviewed children (N = 146) from first to fourth grade on these themes, and discovered a developmental trend in the concept of lying, which is associated with other moral reasoning dimensions. Most children could define lying in a reasonable and accurate manner, and considered it inappropriate behaviour, but half admitted to lying after a close adult requested it.
本研究旨在探讨儿童如何理解说谎，以及他们如何在包含日常道德违规的叙述中，将其与道德推理联系起来。本研究还探讨了即使儿童已经宣布说谎是错误的，当他们被亲近的成年人，如母亲、父亲和教师要求说谎时，他们是否愿意说谎。我们就这些主题采访了一至四年级的儿童（N=146），发现说谎概念存在发展趋势，与其他道德推理维度相关。大多数儿童能够以合理和准确的方式定义说谎，并认为这是不当行为，但有一半的儿童在亲近的成年人要求他们说谎时承认说谎。
