Lying Intention

What it measures

A four-item semantic scale designed to measure a person's expressed willingness to misrepresent the truth in a particular situation.

Response format

7-point semantic differential

Scale items

• very unlikely to misrepresent the truth/very likely to misrepresent the truth
• very unlikely to be deceptive/very likely to be deceptive
• very unlikely to mislead/very likely to mislead
• very unlikely to hide the truth/very likely to hide the truth

Full scale items shown. Always cite the original source when using this scale in research.

Usage notes & scoring

Formal validity assessment was not reported by the original authors.

Citation

Argo, Jennifer J., Katherine White, and Darren W. Dahl (2006), “Social Comparison Theory and Deception in the Interpersonal Exchange of Consumption Information,” Journal of Consumer Research, 33 (June), 99-108.

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