Using the verifiability lie detection approach in an insurance claim setting

Aldert Vrij; Galit Nahari; Rebecca Isitt; Sharon Leal

doi:10.1002/jip.1458

Using the verifiability lie detection approach in an insurance claim setting

Aldert Vrij, Galit Nahari, Rebecca Isitt, Sharon Leal

International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

In this experiment, we tested the verifiability approach in an insurance claim setting. Core of the verifiability approach is that truth tellers give more details that can be verified than liars. Fifty undergraduate students took part, who produced true and false insurance claim statements related to theft, loss, or damage. These statements were coded in terms of verifiability (the number of details that could be checked by an investigator) and witness factors (friends, police, other officials and CCTV cameras). Truth tellers provided more verifiable details than liars and liars provided more unverifiable details than truth tellers. In addition, truth tellers (versus liars) more frequently informed their friends about the incident or referred to CCTV footage of the incident. The potential and limitations of using the verifiability approach in insurance settings are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-197
Journal	Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
Volume	13
Issue number	3
Early online date	28 Mar 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1458
Publication status	Published - Oct 2016

Keywords

verifiability approach
deception
interviewing to detect deception

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Vrij, A., Nahari, G., Isitt, R., and Leal, S. (2016) Using the Verifiability lie Detection Approach in an Insurance Claim Setting. J. Investig. Psych. Offender Profil., doi: 10.1002/jip.1458, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jip.1458/full. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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