The Effect of Synchrony of Happiness on Facial Expression of Negative Emotion When Lying

IF 1.2 3区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI:10.1007/s10919-023-00447-4

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Meta-analyses have not shown emotions to be significant predictors of deception. Criticisms of this conclusion argued that individuals must be engaged with each other in higher stake situations for such emotions to manifest, and that these emotions must be evaluated in their verbal context (Frank and Svetieva in J Appl Res Memory Cognit 1:131–133, 10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.04.006, 2012). This study examined behavioral synchrony as a marker of engagement in higher stakes truthful and deceptive interactions, and then compared the differences in facial expressions of fear, contempt, disgust, anger, and sadness not consistent with the verbal content. Forty-eight pairs of participants were randomly assigned to interviewer and interviewee, and the interviewee was assigned to steal either a watch or a ring and to lie about the item they stole, and tell the truth about the other, under conditions of higher stakes of up to $30 rewards for successful deception, and $0 plus having to write a 15-min essay for unsuccessful deception. The interviews were coded for expression of emotions using EMFACS (Friesen and Ekman in EMFACS-7; emotional facial action coding system, 1984). Synchrony was demonstrated by the pairs of participants expressing overlapping instances of happiness (AU6 + 12). A 3 (low, moderate, high synchrony) × 2 (truth, lie) mixed-design ANOVA found that negative facial expressions of emotion were a significant predictor of deception, but only when they were not consistent with the verbal content, in the moderate and high synchrony conditions. This finding is consistent with data and theorizing that shows that with higher stakes, or with higher engagement, emotions can be a predictor of deception.

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快乐的同步性对说谎时面部负面情绪表达的影响

摘要 Meta 分析表明，情绪并不是预测欺骗的重要因素。对这一结论的批评意见认为，个体必须在更高利害关系的情境中相互接触才能表现出这种情绪，而且这些情绪必须在言语语境中进行评估（Frank 和 Svetieva，J Appl Res Memory Cognit 1:131-133, 10.1016/j.jarmac.2012.04.006, 2012）。本研究将行为同步性作为参与风险较高的真实和欺骗性互动的标志，然后比较了与言语内容不一致的恐惧、蔑视、厌恶、愤怒和悲伤等面部表情的差异。48 对参与者被随机分配为访谈者和被访谈者，被访谈者被分配去偷手表或戒指，并对所偷物品撒谎，对另一方则说实话，成功的欺骗行为可获得高达 30 美元的奖励，而不成功的欺骗行为则需要支付 0 美元并撰写一篇 15 分钟的文章。使用 EMFACS（Friesen 和 Ekman，EMFACS-7；情绪面部动作编码系统，1984 年）对访谈的情绪表达进行编码。同步性表现在参与者表达了重叠的快乐（AU6 + 12）。通过 3（低同步、中同步、高同步）×2（真实、谎言）混合设计方差分析发现，在中同步和高同步条件下，负面面部情绪表达对欺骗有显著的预测作用，但仅限于与言语内容不一致的情况。这一发现与数据和理论研究一致，即在风险较高或参与度较高的情况下，情绪可以预测欺骗行为。

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Journal of Nonverbal Behavior PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Journal of Nonverbal Behavior presents peer-reviewed original theoretical and empirical research on all major areas of nonverbal behavior. Specific topics include paralanguage, proxemics, facial expressions, eye contact, face-to-face interaction, and nonverbal emotional expression, as well as other subjects which contribute to the scientific understanding of nonverbal processes and behavior.