自我耗损对大学生说谎行为的影响:道德意识的中介作用

The Mediation Role of Moral Awareness between Ego Depletion and Lying in College Students

目的:基于有限资源理论模型,探讨自我耗损与说谎行为之间的内部作用机制。方法:以40名英语水平为四级的大学生为被试,随机分配到自我耗损组和非耗损组进行实验研究。结果:1处于自我耗损状态下的个体更倾向于虚报任务,即自我报告的完成字母排序的个数显著高于实际通过按键统计出来的个数;2自我耗损状态下的个体,更少填写与道德相关的单词,而且更容易发生说谎行为。结论:自我耗损增加说谎行为,而且道德意识起完全中介作用。

Objective： To explore the internal mechanism between the ego depletion and lying behavior. Methods： 40 college students whose English level is eet-4 were randomly assigned to experimental group and control group. Results： Compared to the ego non-depletion group, the number of self-report alphabetical words was significantly higher than the number of actual key statistics in the ego depletion group, suggesting the students in the state of ego depletion tended to in- flate task. In the ego depletion group, the more ethics-related words presented, the more individuals lied. Conclusion： Ego depletion is more likely to lead to lie.