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Disentangling deceptive communication : situation and person characteristics as
determinants of lying in everyday life
Backbier, E.H.F.
Publication date
2001
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Backbier, E. H. F. (2001). Disentangling deceptive communication : situation and person
characteristics as determinants of lying in everyday life. Thela Thesis.
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Thee fundamental question of why people tell each other lies in everyday
interactionsinteractions has been largely ignored in the field of deception research. Withoutt such knowledge we not only tend to have a very flawed
understandingg of the function of lying in everyday interactions, but we alsoo run the risk of basing lie detection research on invalid assumptions. Thiss dissertation describes six studies that in various ways aimed at disentanglingg the roles of situation and/or person characteristics in thee evaluation and usage of deceptive communication. The research findings,, among other things, led to the conclusion that peoples' deceptivee communication behaviour is not primarily determined by their opinionss regarding lying and truth telling, but first and foremost by the kindd of interaction situations they encounter and what they make of thesee as a consequence of their experiences and general psychological make-up. .
AA summary in Dutch is included (Met een uitgebreide Nederlandse Samenvatting). .
Estherr Backbier received her Masters Degree in Health Sciences from thee University of Maastricht. She started to work on this dissertation whilee at the Department of Methodology, Faculty of Psychology of the Universityy of Amsterdam. Currently she works as a senior researcher att the B&A Groep, Beleidsonderzoek & -Advies bv.
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