Abstract
This prelude to the Socio-Cultural Attitudinal Networks project, funded by the U.S. Army Research Office Multi-University Research Initiative, introduces the concept of relational communication and its relationship to interpersonal deception. The research protocol is described wherein groups of interactants engaged in a multi-round game of Resistance during which truthful and deceptive group members (in the role of Villagers or Spies) tried to win or fail the missions. Presented are results of repeated measures regression analyses of group members’ perceptions of one another on relational dimensions of dominance, arousal, and trustworthiness, rated after every two rounds. Discriminant analyses identified final-round trust, baseline dominance, round four trust, and final round trust as the significant predictors of who were the deceivers (Spies) or truth tellers (Villagers). Cross-validated accuracy was 81% for Villagers and 65% for Spies.
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We are grateful to the Army Research Office for funding much of the work reported in this book under Grant W911NF-16-1-0342. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Army Research Office or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation herein.
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Burgoon, J.K. (2021). Prelude: Relational Communication and the Link to Deception. In: Subrahmanian, V.S., Burgoon, J.K., Dunbar, N.E. (eds) Detecting Trust and Deception in Group Interaction. Terrorism, Security, and Computation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54383-9_1
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