An examination of the relationship between self-compassion, temperament types and cognitive flexibility according to deceiving tendency

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine self-compassion, temperament types and cognitive flexibility characteristics of individuals residing in Istanbul, Turkey aged between 16 and 85 years who never cheated and who cheated at least once. Material and Method: The sample of this study consists of 93 individuals who never cheated and 83 individuals who cheated at least once, residing in Istanbul, Turkey aged between 16 and 85 years. The sample was selected by using simple random sampling. The sample was administered Sociodemographic Form, Deception Tendency Scale (DTS), Self-Compassion Scale (SCS), Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, San Diego-Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A) and Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS). First, it was checked whether there was a normal distribution or not. For this, skewness and kurtosis values were checked. This study was carried out by the relational screening model, one of the quantitative research methods. Statistical evaluations were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 25.0. Results: The results of this study showed that there was a significant difference between self-compassion components: self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, and over-identification scores of individuals with and without tendency to deceive (p