The effects of self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations on deceptive behavior

doi:10.1007/s12144-024-07024-y

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	The effects of self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations on deceptive behavior
	Fan, Wei 1,2,4; Huang, Zijun 1,2; Zhong, Bowei 5,6; Lin, Zhuoming 1,2; Zhang, Wenjie 1,3,4
通讯作者	Zhang, Wenjie(zwjpreschool@hunnu.edu.cn)
摘要	Although researchers have suggested that self-deception may facilitate unethical behavior, it remains unclear whether self-deception promotes deceptive behavior. Moreover, self-deceiving individuals may engage in deceptive behavior not only out of self-interest, but sometimes also to help others; little is known about whether egoistic-altruistic motivations modulate the effect of self-deception on deceptive behavior. This study adopted the Spot-The-Difference task to investigate the impact of self-deception on deceptive behavior (Experiment 1) and to further explore the effects of self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations on deceptive behavior (Experiment 2). Experiment 1 showed that the group primed for self-deception exhibited more deceptive behavior than the control group. Experiment 2 also showed that the group primed for self-deception exhibited more deceptive behavior than the control group. Moreover, participants exhibited more deceptive behavior under egoistic motivation than under altruistic motivation. Furthermore, a crucial interaction between self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations was observed. Under egoistic motivation, deceptive behavior did not differ significantly between the self-deception group and the control group; however, under altruistic motivation, the self-deception group engaged in significantly more deceptive behavior than the control group. These findings suggested that self-deception promoted deceptive behavior. In addition, egoistic-altruistic motivations modulated the effect of self-deception on deceptive behavior.
关键词	Deceptive behavior Self-deception Egoistic motivation Altruistic motivation
	2024-12-01
语种	英语
DOI	10.1007/s12144-024-07024-y
发表期刊	CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN	1046-1310
卷号	43 期号:46 页码:35527-35542
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS关键词	INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES ; DISHONESTY ; GENDER ; TRUTH ; NARCISSISM ; BENEFITS ; COSTS ; POWER ; LIES
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001365163000001
资助机构	Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48762
通讯作者	Zhang, Wenjie
作者单位	1.Hunan Normal Univ, Cognit & Human Behav Key Lab Hunan Prov, 36 Lu Shan Rd, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China 2.Hunan Normal Univ, Sch Educ Sci, Dept Psychol, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China 3.Hunan Normal Univ, Sch Educ Sci, Dept Presch Educ, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China 4.Hunan Normal Univ, Inst Interdisciplinary Studies, Changsha 410081, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fan, Wei,Huang, Zijun,Zhong, Bowei,et al. The effects of self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations on deceptive behavior[J]. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY,2024,43(46):35527-35542.
APA	Fan, Wei,Huang, Zijun,Zhong, Bowei,Lin, Zhuoming,&Zhang, Wenjie.(2024).The effects of self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations on deceptive behavior.CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY,43(46),35527-35542.
MLA	Fan, Wei,et al."The effects of self-deception and egoistic-altruistic motivations on deceptive behavior".CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 43.46(2024):35527-35542.