Sharon Leal
Cross-cultural verbal deception
Leal, Sharon; Vrij, Aldert; Vernham, Zarah; Dalton, Gary; Jupe, Louise; Harvey, Adam; Nahari, Galit
Authors
Aldert Vrij
Zarah Vernham
Gary Dalton
Louise Jupe
Adam Harvey
Galit Nahari
Abstract
Background - ‘Interviewing to detect deception’ research is sparse across different Ethnic Groups. In the present experiment, we interviewed truth tellers and liars from British, Chinese, and Arab origins. British interviewees belong to a low‐context culture (using a communication style that relies heavily on explicit and direct language), whereas Chinese and Arab interviewees belong to high‐context cultures (communicate in ways that are implicit and rely heavily on context).
Method - Interviewees were interviewed in pairs and 153 pairs took part. Truthful pairs discussed an actual visit to a nearby restaurant, whereas deceptive pairs pretended to have visited a nearby restaurant. Seventeen verbal cues were examined.
Results - Cultural cues (differences between cultures) were more prominent than cues to deceit (differences between truth tellers and liars). In particular, the British interviewees differed from their Chinese and Arab counterparts and the differences reflected low‐ and high‐context culture communication styles.
Conclusion - Cultural cues could quickly lead to cross‐cultural verbal communication errors: the incorrect interpretation of a cultural difference as a cue to deceit.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 1, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 29, 2018 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 19, 2021 |
Journal | Legal and Criminological Psychology |
Print ISSN | 1355-3259 |
Electronic ISSN | 2044-8333 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 192-213 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12131 |
Keywords | Deception, verbal cues to deceit, collective interviewing, low-context culture, high-context culture |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7197755 |
Related Public URLs | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/crosscultural-verbal-deception(a0ea8ef6-c654-4bfe-bd15-d2e1951c22e3)/export.html |
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Leal, S., Vrij, A., Vernham, Z., Dalton, G., Jupe, L., Harvey, A., & Nahari, G. (2018). Cross-cultural verbal deception. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 23(2), 192-213, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12131. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions
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