This novel research focuses on the relations amongst narcissistic features, self‐assessed communication abilities related to lies and truths, and reports about actual lying. One hundred twenty‐five participants rated their ability to succeed at telling lies, telling the truth convincingly, detecting lies, and believing others. The participants also completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and reported their weekly lying frequency using designated questions. Results indicated a positive link between narcissism and self‐ratings of the lie‐telling ability. High narcissistic scorers further exhibited confidence in their abilities to detect lies and to convince listeners using truthful communication. Finally, narcissism correlated with reports of telling frequent lies. Different narcissistic subscales correlated with telling different kinds of lies. The theoretical significance of the present results and their importance to the legal system were discussed.

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自恋，自我报告的谎言和自我评估的能力，可以说出和发现谎言，说出真相并相信他人

这项新颖的研究着重于自恋特征，与谎言和真相相关的自我评估的沟通能力之间的关系，以及有关实际撒谎的报道。一百二十五名参与者评价了他们在撒谎，说服事实，发现谎言和相信他人方面的成功能力。参与者还完成了自恋型人格问卷，并使用指定的问题报告了他们每周的躺卧频率。结果表明自恋与说谎能力的自我评价之间存在正相关关系。自恋得分高的人进一步表现出对他们发现谎言和使用真实交流说服听众的能力的信心。最后，自恋与经常说谎的报道有关。不同的自恋分量表与讲不同种类的谎言有关。讨论了目前结果的理论意义及其对法律制度的重要性。