Citation

Gingo M, Roded AD, Turiel E. J. Res. Adolesc. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of California, Berkeley.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12503

PMID

31006944

Abstract

This research examined judgments about parents lying to their adolescents. Ninety-six participants from four primarily Caucasian groups (24 parents of 18-year-olds, 24 parents of 14-year-olds, 24 18-year-olds, and 24 14-year-olds) assessed hypothetical situations in which a parent lies to their adolescent about their past experience engaging in risky activities such as drug use and shoplifting. Evaluations and justifications for deception varied as a function of the domain of each act, the age of the adolescent being lied to, and consideration of parents' duty to foster a protective and trusting relationship.

RESULTS are discussed in terms of parents' and adolescents' reasoning about deception to achieve and resist socialization goals in several (moral, personal, prudential, and multifaceted) social-cognitive domains.

© 2019 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Language: en