Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying
Previous research on the motives for lying lacks factorial models that allow grouping of motives into specific categories. The objective of this study is to confirm the factorial structure of the questionnaire of motives for lying (CEMA-A). Participants were 1,722 adults residing in the Canary Islan...
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| description | Previous research on the motives for lying lacks factorial models that allow grouping of motives into specific categories. The objective of this study is to confirm the factorial structure of the questionnaire of motives for lying (CEMA-A). Participants were 1,722 adults residing in the Canary Islands (Spain) who completed the CEMA-A and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R). The four-dimensional structure of the questionnaire was confirmed (χ2 = 1460.97, df = 325, p = 0.001; CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; NFI = 0.93; NNFI = 0.93; RMSEA = 0.05, CI = 0.051–0.057; SRMR = 0.04). The four factors of the CEMA-A were Intrapersonal Motivation–Emotionality, Interpersonal Motivation–Sociability, Egoism/Hardness Motivation, and Malicious Motivation, with an internal consistency between 0.79 and 0.91. Invariance analyses confirmed the equivalence of the instrument for men and women. The CEMA-A factors positively correlated with Neuroticism and Psychoticism, and negatively with Dissimulation. Extraversion was not related to any of the factors, and only displayed a low negative correlation with Intrapersonal Motivation–Emotionality. Analysis of variance showed that men scored higher in Egoism/Hardness and Malicious Motivation. The CEMA-A has proven capable of apprehending the motives for lying and has adequate psychometric criteria for use in various populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b856892464034bbeb3caef83bea7ca0d2023-12-20T08:53:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-12-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12892091289209Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lyingEnrique Armas-Vargas0Rosario J. Marrero1Rosario J. Marrero2Juan A. Hernández-Cabrera3Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, SpainDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, SpainInstituto Universitario de Neurociencia (IUNE), Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, SpainDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, SpainPrevious research on the motives for lying lacks factorial models that allow grouping of motives into specific categories. The objective of this study is to confirm the factorial structure of the questionnaire of motives for lying (CEMA-A). Participants were 1,722 adults residing in the Canary Islands (Spain) who completed the CEMA-A and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R). The four-dimensional structure of the questionnaire was confirmed (χ2 = 1460.97, df = 325, p = 0.001; CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; NFI = 0.93; NNFI = 0.93; RMSEA = 0.05, CI = 0.051–0.057; SRMR = 0.04). The four factors of the CEMA-A were Intrapersonal Motivation–Emotionality, Interpersonal Motivation–Sociability, Egoism/Hardness Motivation, and Malicious Motivation, with an internal consistency between 0.79 and 0.91. Invariance analyses confirmed the equivalence of the instrument for men and women. The CEMA-A factors positively correlated with Neuroticism and Psychoticism, and negatively with Dissimulation. Extraversion was not related to any of the factors, and only displayed a low negative correlation with Intrapersonal Motivation–Emotionality. Analysis of variance showed that men scored higher in Egoism/Hardness and Malicious Motivation. The CEMA-A has proven capable of apprehending the motives for lying and has adequate psychometric criteria for use in various populations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1289209/fullmotives for lyingintrapersonal motivation-emotionalityinterpersonal motivation-sociabilityegoism/hardness motivationmalicious motivation |
| spellingShingle | Enrique Armas-Vargas Rosario J. Marrero Rosario J. Marrero Juan A. Hernández-Cabrera Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying Frontiers in Psychology motives for lying intrapersonal motivation-emotionality interpersonal motivation-sociability egoism/hardness motivation malicious motivation |
| title | Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying |
| title_full | Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying |
| title_short | Psychometric properties of the CEMA-A questionnaire: motives for lying |
| title_sort | psychometric properties of the cema a questionnaire motives for lying |
| topic | motives for lying intrapersonal motivation-emotionality interpersonal motivation-sociability egoism/hardness motivation malicious motivation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1289209/full |
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