Psychological Development and Education ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 508-516.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2021.04.07

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The Relationship Between Creative Personality and Deceptive Behaviors in Children Aged 9~11: The Moderating Effect of Parent-child Communication Quality

LIU Wen1, WANG Yining1, ZHANG Jiaqi1, CHE Hanbo2   

  1. 1. College of Psychology, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029;
    2. College of Education, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029
  • Published:2021-07-26

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Abstract: To explore the relationship between creative personality and deceptive behavior triggered by altruistic and egoistic motivation as well as the moderating effect of parent-child communication quality, the present study used the method of experiment and questionnaire and 317 children aged 9~11(M=9.77, SD=0.74) were selected as participants. The results showed that:(1) creative personality positively predicted children's altruistic and egoistic deceptive behavior; (2) both father-child and mother-child communication quality negatively significantly predicted children's egoistic deception, but didn't have prediction to altruistic deception; (3) father-child communication quality moderated the relationship between creative personality and children's egoistic and altruistic deceptive behavior, which buffered the impact of creative personality on children's egoistic deceptive behavior and protect the effect of creative personality on altruistic deception; (4) mother-child communication quality didn't have the moderating effect on the relationship between creative personality and children's altruistic as well as egoistic deceptive behavior.

Key words: deceptive behavior, egoistic motivation, altruistic motivation, creative personality, parent-child communication quality, children

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  • B844
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