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Children’s Trustworthiness: Judgments by Teachers, Parents, and Peers

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In developmental research and in clinical practice, lying has been identified consistently as an important indicator of current and future problems in social adjustment. It has been difficult, however, to define consistently what a lie is or, because successful lying is by definition a clandestine behavior, to collect reliable and valid data.

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  1. John M. Wilson
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  1. Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1, Canada

    Ken J. Rotenberg

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Wilson, J.M., Carroll, J.L. (1991). Children’s Trustworthiness: Judgments by Teachers, Parents, and Peers. In: Rotenberg, K.J. (eds) Children’s Interpersonal Trust. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3134-9_7

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