Impact of the Big 5 and Sensation Seeking Personality Traits on Everyday Deception

<p>Everyday Deception is an important aspect of life, yet a dearth of research has examined the influence of the Big 5 personality traits and Sensation Seeking tendencies on an individual’s likelihood to engage in Everyday Deception. While previous research has investigated the relationships between the Big 5 and deception as well as Sensation Seeking and deception, no prior research has looked at the combined effects of these personality traits. The purpose of this study is to clarify and extend prior research examining personality factors that index the nature and extent of Everyday Deception. It was hypothesized that 1) Sensation Seeking tendencies would be positively correlated with Everyday Deception, 2) the Big 5 traits of Extraversion and Openness to Experience would be positively related to Everyday Deception, and 3) Sensation Seeking, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience would positively predict Everyday Deception. One hundred and seventy-three participants responded to a battery of questionnaires that measured personality and frequency of deceptive behaviors as well as attitudes toward criminally deceptive actions. Higher Sensation Seeking tendencies were correlated to Everyday Deception. There were no significant correlations regarding the Big 5. In regard to the predictive nature of personality, the only trait that significantly predicted Everyday Deception was the Sensation Seeking subscale of Disinhibition. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2019

Author dc:creator

• McGuffin, Bailey

• Big Five
• Deception
• Personality
• Sensation Seeking
• Psychology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2019 Bailey McGuffin

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/633

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1631