Emerging evidence revealed that honesty and trustworthiness are important drivers of the impression-formation process. Questions remain, however, regarding the role of these moral attributes in guiding real and concrete behaviors. Filling this gap, the present study investigated the influence of honesty on a nonverbal behavior that regulates social interactions: behavioral synchrony. Movements were recorded while participants interacted with a partner who was depicted as honest (versus dishonest) or as friendly (versus unfriendly). Results showed that synchrony was affected only by the honesty of the partner. Specifically, the more the interaction partner lacked honesty, the lower the perceived similarity between the self and the interaction partner, which in turn diminished the promptness to engage in behavioral synchrony. Our findings connected the literature on behavioral synchrony with that on the implication of morality for social perception, revealing the key role of the honesty facet of moral character in shaping nonverbal behaviors.

Brambilla, M., Sacchi, S., Menegatti, M., Moscatelli, S. (2016). Honesty and Dishonesty Don’t Move Together: Trait Content Information Influences Behavioral Synchrony. JOURNAL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR, 40(3), 171-186 [10.1007/s10919-016-0229-9].

Honesty and Dishonesty Don’t Move Together: Trait Content Information Influences Behavioral Synchrony

BRAMBILLA, MARCO
Primo
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SACCHI, SIMONA
Secondo
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2016

Abstract

Emerging evidence revealed that honesty and trustworthiness are important drivers of the impression-formation process. Questions remain, however, regarding the role of these moral attributes in guiding real and concrete behaviors. Filling this gap, the present study investigated the influence of honesty on a nonverbal behavior that regulates social interactions: behavioral synchrony. Movements were recorded while participants interacted with a partner who was depicted as honest (versus dishonest) or as friendly (versus unfriendly). Results showed that synchrony was affected only by the honesty of the partner. Specifically, the more the interaction partner lacked honesty, the lower the perceived similarity between the self and the interaction partner, which in turn diminished the promptness to engage in behavioral synchrony. Our findings connected the literature on behavioral synchrony with that on the implication of morality for social perception, revealing the key role of the honesty facet of moral character in shaping nonverbal behaviors.
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Honesty; Morality; Nonverbal behavior; Social perception; Synchrony;
Morality; Honesty; Synchrony; Social perception; Nonverbal behavior
English
2016
40
3
171
186
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Brambilla, M., Sacchi, S., Menegatti, M., Moscatelli, S. (2016). Honesty and Dishonesty Don’t Move Together: Trait Content Information Influences Behavioral Synchrony. JOURNAL OF NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR, 40(3), 171-186 [10.1007/s10919-016-0229-9].
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