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The relationship between the adult attachment and the tendency to judge others as liars

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Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

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Abstract

--- - |2 Abstract The relationship between 2 dimensions (anxiety and avoidance) of adult attachment and tendency to judge others as liars was examined in this study. We measured 308 participants' adult attachment and tendency to judge others as liars in self‐, other‐, or relationship‐oriented situations. Results supported our hypotheses by showing that (a) anxiety positively predicted the tendency to judge others as liars in self‐oriented situations and (b) avoidance moderated the relationship between anxiety and the tendency to judge others as liars in other‐ and relationship‐oriented situations. Attachment anxiety could positively predict the tendency to judge others as liars only when participants' avoidance was high. Theoretical implications and suggestions for future studies were discussed. - Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 90-98, June 2018.