E. Rassin, C. Sergiou, Dimitri van der Linden, Josanne D. M. van Dongen
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Abstract
Excessivelyingisgenerallyconsideredtobeahallmarkofpsychopathy. Meanwhile,theempiricalevidencefortheassociationbetweenpsychopathyandlyingissomewhatlimited.Inthepresentstudy, non-clinicalvolunteerscompletedameasureofpsychopathy,andwerethenbroughtinanexperimentalsituation(apuzzletask)in whichtheycouldopttolieforpotentialpersonalgain(i.e.monetary reward).Findingssuggestthat19%ofparticipants(i.e.31outof166)liedabouttheirperformanceinthepuzzletask,thusincreasingtheir likelihoodofgainingadditionalreward.Theselyingparticipantsscoredsigni fi cantly higher on psychopathy than did their honest peers. Thus, the fi ndings support the hypothesis that psychopathy is characterised by deceitful behaviour. Particularly, psychopathic boldness was associated with lying.