The Right to Do Wrong: Lying to Parents Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults

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Lie Detection from Multiple Cues: A Meta‐analysis (2014, background): “…the prevalence of deception in everyday life, research ﬁ ndings consistently demonstrate that lies occur on a daily basis (Cole, 2001; DePaulo & Kashy, 1998; DePaulo, Kashy, Kirkendol, Wyer, & Epstein, 1996; Jensen, Arnett, Feldman, & Cauffman, 2004; but see Serota, Levine, & Boster, 2010).”
Parenting and Peer Relationships: Reinvigorating Research on Family–Peer Linkages in Adolescence (2011, unknown): “Lying increased with age, but contrary to other research (Jensen et al., 2004), adolescents primarily avoided discussing personal issues with parents rather than lying.”
The Prevalence of Lying in America: Three Studies of Self-Reported Lies (2010, background): “Jensen, Arnett, Feldman, and Cauffman (2004) examined lying to parents by adolescents and young adults, and quantified the extent of lying by topic over the course of a year.”
The Impact of Maternal Relationship Quality on Emerging Adults’ Prosocial Tendencies: Indirect Effects via Regulation of Prosocial Values (2008, background): “Given that the transition to adulthood includes a continuation of the individuation process that is begun during adolescence (Jensen et al. 2004), it remains important to investigate the regulation of prosocial values, particularly because prosocial values act as a motivation for prosocial behavior…”