TY - JOUR
T1 - One more time without feeling
T2 - Detecting fabricated remorse using linguistic analysis
AU - Moberley, Benjamin
AU - Villar, Gina
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - Despite the benefits to be gained from successfully feigning the emotion of remorse, few studies have addressed the identification of fabricated statements of remorse. We investigated whether there were differences in first person singular pronoun use between genuine versus deceptive displays of remorse in typewritten statements of remorse. Results showed that participants produced a significantly higher proportion of first person singular pronouns (I, me, and my) in their genuine versus deceptive statements. These findings suggest there are measurable differences in language use between genuine and falsified expressions of remorse and highlight the potential utility of language analysis in the identification of true versus fabricated statements of remorse.
AB - Despite the benefits to be gained from successfully feigning the emotion of remorse, few studies have addressed the identification of fabricated statements of remorse. We investigated whether there were differences in first person singular pronoun use between genuine versus deceptive displays of remorse in typewritten statements of remorse. Results showed that participants produced a significantly higher proportion of first person singular pronouns (I, me, and my) in their genuine versus deceptive statements. These findings suggest there are measurable differences in language use between genuine and falsified expressions of remorse and highlight the potential utility of language analysis in the identification of true versus fabricated statements of remorse.
KW - Deception
KW - First person pronouns
KW - Linguistic analysis
KW - Remorse
KW - Self-references
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U2 - 10.1080/13218719.2015.1032955
DO - 10.1080/13218719.2015.1032955
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959199408
SN - 1321-8719
VL - 23
SP - 102
EP - 112
JO - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
JF - Psychiatry, Psychology and Law
IS - 1
ER -