Emotional Development and Youths' Predisposition to Deception An Experimental Study Using the Polygraph Method

1. The Problem of Cognition of the Deception Propensity: Historical and Categorical Context of The Polygraph Method

2. Psychophysiological and Psychological Foundations of Theories and Practices of Deception Diagnosis: Polygraph Emotional Aspect

3. Emotional Maturity as a Probable Feature of the Possibility of Deception Propensity

4. Assessment of the Prediction of Young People's Propensity to Deceive based on Polygraph Data and Emotional Maturity

5. Scientific and Methodological Recommendations Based on the Results of the Study

6. General Conclusions

Biography

Oleksiy Chebykin, is a Doctor of Psychological Sciences, academician of the National Academy of Psychological Sciences of Ukraine and professor of the Department of Theory and Methods of Practical Psychology in Ushinsky University (Odessa). Dr Chebykin is the author of 700 publications on the problems of development of the emotional sphere, emotional stability, risk, emotional intelligence, deception, emotional regulation, the impact of different cyber addictions on the emotional sphere, emotional health and other issues.

Olena Kosyanova, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and Methods of Practical Psychology in Ushinsky University (Odessa), head of the laboratory of general, special and medical psychodiagnostics. Dr Kosyanova has authored 70 publications on various problems of diagnostics, hidden information and deception depending on different personal characteristics of a person.

“This book contains a lot of material from various studies on using the polygraph test, as well as some information about the emotional maturity of young people in the study of their propensity to deceive. The described data on the relationship of the diagnosed indicators in the structure of psychological characteristics of the developing personality are of interest to researchers, as well as psychologists working in different spheres of professional activity.”

Ivan Bekh, Full member (Academician) of the NAES of Ukraine, Doctor of Sciences in Psychology, Professor, Director of the Institute of Problems on Education of the NAES of Ukraine.

“The extensive theoretical and experimental applied results outlined by the author in the book on the assessment of prediction of the propensity to deceive, for example, student youth, significantly deepen the information available in this area. In this case, it is about polygraph performance and the development of their emotional sphere. Undoubtedly, the book will interest specialists working in the system of educational professional training of psychologists, as well as those involved in professional selection and psychocorrection of deception.”

Dr. Rafal Abramciow, Director of the Institute of Psychology of the University named after Education in Krakow, Poland.

“The results of complex experimental research presented in the book touch upon one of the most difficult and debatable problems of using the polygraph and emotional maturity techniques to establish a person's propensity to deception. The author on the basis of the obtained theoretical and empirical data reveals his view to the approach to solving this problem. It can be said that this is important information that will interest many scientists and practitioners working in different directed and centers.

Ding Xin, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Harbin Engineering University, China.