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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2010 Oct 16;108(2):308–321. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.015

Table1.

Means and standard deviations of significant effects in Study 1.

Politeness stories: combined
Age main effect
Politeness stories
7 years (n=48) - 0.80 (2.20)
9 years (n=48) - 0.32 (2.09)
11 years (n=48) 0.07 (2.02)
Truth value and setting interaction
Public Setting Private Setting
Truth telling - 0.60 (2.21) - 0.12 (2.08)
Lie telling - 0.11 (2.20) - 0.56 (1.99)
Control stories: combined
Truth value main effect
Truth telling 2.66 (0.61)
Lie telling - 2.15 (0.82)
Setting main effect
Public setting 0.19 (2.55)
Private setting 0.32 (2.48)
Age main effect
7 years 0.31 (2.60)
9 years 0.33 (2.44)
11 years 0.12 (2.50)