Relations among lie-telling self-efficacy, moral disengagement, and willingness to tell antisocial lies among children and adolescents.
J Exp Child Psychol
; 246: 105999, 2024 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
This study examined a proposed model of relations among lie-telling self-efficacy, moral disengagement, and willingness to tell antisocial lies among children and adolescents. Children and adolescents aged 6 to 15 years completed measures of lie-telling self-efficacy and moral disengagement. They also read vignettes about a character committing a transgression and telling a lie to conceal the transgression. For each vignette, children and adolescents made a hypothetical decision about telling the truth or a lie if they were in the character's position to assess their lie-telling propensity. Lie-telling self-efficacy was related to willingness to tell lies, and this relationship was mediated by moral disengagement. Children and adolescents with higher lie-telling self-efficacy had higher moral disengagement, and those who had higher moral disengagement were more willing to tell antisocial lies. Overall, results support Bandura's social cognitive theory as a framework for understanding the psychosocial mechanisms underlying attitudes toward lie-telling. Moreover, these findings suggest that interventions to address problematic lie-telling behavior should focus on children's and adolescents' use of moral disengagement mechanisms.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Autoeficacia
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Decepción
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Principios Morales
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
J Exp Child Psychol
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos