Motives Behind Resorting to Lying among High School Students at Public Schools in Ramallah and El-Bireh

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the motives resigning to resort to lying among

the students of secondary schools, and the effect of gender, class, father and

mother level of education, and economic status on the use of such motives. The

sample consisted of (1147) high school students, who filled a questionnaire

designed to measure students deceptive motives. Results showed that the

motivation to telling lies among the students was weak, and the most used

deceptive motives were the emotional and self- protection, while the lowest

one was aggression motives. The results also showed an effect for gender,

class, economic status, father and mother level of education of residence

domains of deceptive motives