Toward a Pan-cultural Typology of Deception Motives
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
lying, deception, motives, culture, goals
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2015.1137079
Abstract
Based on truth-default theory, this research examined accounts of recalled deception to develop a list of deception motives that are general across cultures. Participants from Egypt (N = 29), Guatemala (N = 118), Pakistan (N = 51), Saudi Arabia (N = 169), and the United States (N = 81) were asked, open-ended, to describe an instance of deception or lying either from the perspective of the liar or the target. These descriptions were used to refine and cross-validate a set of deception motives that are applicable across a range of cultures. People lie for a reason, and those reasons include covering a transgression, seeking selfish advantage, avoiding others, seeking to protect others, social politeness, making positive impressions, being malicious, and being funny.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, v. 45, issue 1, p. 1-12
Scholar Commons Citation
Levine, Timothy R.; Vaqas Ali, Mohamed; Dean, Marleah; Abdulla, Rasha A.; and Garcia-Ruano, Karina, "Toward a Pan-cultural Typology of Deception Motives" (2016). Communication Faculty Publications. 874.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/874
