Validating the four components of Mimicry Deception Theory from the victim's perspective
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- 作者：Daniel N. Jones ; dnjones3@utep.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; jonesdn@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; ; Melissa S. de Roos
- 关键词：Mimicry Deception Theory ; Deception ; Fraud ; Temporal orientation
- 刊名：Personality and Individual Differences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：95
- 期：Complete
- 页码：37-39
- 全文大小：184 K
文摘
Mimicry-Deception Theory (MDT) states that deception falls along a temporal continuum, where individuals who engage in long- vs. short-term deception differ on four key characteristics: complexity of deception, resource extraction rate, community integration, and detectability. If these assertions of MDT are true, then these four components should be inter-correlated and predict unique variance with respect to key outcomes of deception (such as post-deception doubt and monetary loss). Participants were asked to describe a major deception they experienced at the hands of someone they personally knew. Findings indicated that all four components of MDT were significantly correlated and that the long-term deception composite of these four MDT components significantly predicted post-deception doubt (Study 1) and amount of money lost (Studies 1 and 2). Further the MDT components predicted these outcomes above and beyond how long they knew the perpetrator or how skilled the perpetrator was perceived to be. These results suggest that MDT may be useful in profiling long- vs. short-term deception and may have practical implications for observing behaviors associated with dishonesty.