Psychopathy as a predisposition to lie hedonistically

Figures & data

Figure 1. Examples of solvable (left) and unsolvable (right) puzzles.

Figure 2. Distribution of TriPM total scores for truth tellers and liars.

Table 1. Mean scores (and standard deviations) of truth tellers and liars.

	Truth tellers (n = 135)	Liars (n = 31)	p	Cohen’s d (CI)	BF10
Self-reported number of completed puzzles	8.08 (3.34)	15.87 (1.71)	<.001	2.52 (2.03–2.98)	>3,796,000
TriPM total score	52.43 (15.15)	66.81 (14.00)	<.001	0.96 (0.56–1.37)	4800
TriPM boldness	29.84 (7.36)	36.52 (7.47)	<.001	0.91 (0.50–1.31)	1572
TriPM meanness	10.78 (7.01)	16.10 (8.08)	<.001	0.74 (0.34–1.13)	83
TriPM disinhibition	11.81 (7.21)	14.16 (6.31)	.097	0.33 (−0.06–0.72)	0.72

Table 2. Correlations between all variables.

	1	2	3	4	5
1. Self-reported number of completed puzzles	–
2. Number of lies	.67 **	–
3. TriPM total score	.09	.14	–
4. TriPM boldness	.24 **	.20 *	.50 **	–
5. TriPM meanness	.00	.08	.84 **	.10	–
6. TriPM disinhibition	−.06	.01	.74 **	−.10	.65 **

Note. * p < .050, BF₁₀> 10.7; ** p < .010, BF₁₀ > 264.

Data availability statement

Data are available on OSF (open science framework): https://osf.io/4tdn8/.