Investigating the association between lie-telling and punishment sensitivity from adolescence to older adulthood

IF 2.5 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-28 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2026.101978

Taylor Heffer, Jessica M. Biasin, Victoria W. Dykstra, Alison M. O’Connor, Angela D. Evans

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Abstract

Lie-telling has been found to be heightened during adolescence. Yet, past research has typically categorized age into discrete groups or treated the effect of age as linear, limiting the ability to assess non-linear (peaks) and continuous trends in lie-telling across development. Further, factors that relate to age-trends in lie-telling remain poorly understood. The current study assessed the non-linear relation between lie-telling and punishment sensitivity from adolescence into older adulthood. Participants (N = 298, M_age = 37.30, SD = 22.51; age range 13–86 years; 30.5% males) reported their lie-telling behaviors over a 7-day period and completed a measure of punishment sensitivity. The frequency of lie-telling showed a roughly linear decreasing trajectory across age. Although punishment sensitivity was not related to overall lie-telling, higher punishment sensitivity was associated with higher self-oriented and other-oriented lie-telling. Overall, this study provides a novel assessment of the relation between lie-telling and punishment sensitivity across development.

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调查从青春期到成年后说谎与惩罚敏感性之间的关系

人们发现，在青少年时期，说谎的频率更高。然而，过去的研究通常将年龄分为离散的组，或者将年龄的影响视为线性的，这限制了评估整个发展过程中说谎的非线性（峰值）和连续趋势的能力。此外，与说谎的年龄趋势有关的因素仍然知之甚少。目前的研究评估了说谎和惩罚敏感性之间的非线性关系，从青春期到成年期。参与者（N = 298, Mage = 37.30, SD = 22.51；年龄范围13-86岁；30.5%男性）报告了他们在7天内的说谎行为，并完成了惩罚敏感性测量。随着年龄的增长，说谎的频率大致呈线性下降。尽管惩罚敏感性与总体说谎无关，但较高的惩罚敏感性与较高的自我导向和他人导向说谎相关。总体而言，本研究对说谎与惩罚敏感性之间的关系提供了一种新的评估。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.