Resumen de Honesty–humility negatively correlates with dishonesty in romantic relationships.
Nina Reinhardt, Marc-André Reinhard
Despite the clear existing theoretical links, ours is the first direct systematic series of studies investigating a potential negative association between Honesty–Humility and general dishonesty in romantic relationships. Eleven preregistered online studies with community samples were run (total N = 5,677). For a first test of our hypothesis, we conducted a series of seven cross-sectional studies based on self-reports; these studies used different methodological approaches to assess relationship-based dishonesty (i.e., closed-ended self-report scales, scenarios, and direct frequency measures). This was followed by one diary study and three studies that base their assessment on more behavioral measurements of relationship-based dishonesty (e.g., a dice roll task and an anagram task). In line with our hypothesis, all studies reliably revealed that participants higher in Honesty–Humility reported less relationship-based dishonesty. The classification of the found results to past research and the general relevance of the Honesty–Humility factor for romantic relationships are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
