Parents lie to their children, for example, to influence children's behavior and emotions (parenting by lying). The aim of this systematic review was to describe the current scientific literature on parental lying, including its prevalence, correlates, conceptualizations, and operationalizations. Through an extensive literature search using PRISMA guidelines, 23 eligible peer‐reviewed empirical papers on parental lying have been found. Many parents are found to lie to their children. However, existing research is characterized by a heterogeneous and narrow conceptualization and operationalization of parental lying, and a focus on problems. Following this, the current empirical evidence points mostly toward associations with maladaptive development. Following a critical analysis of the studies, future research should implement broader conceptualizations and operationalizations of parental lying in non‐retrospective, experimental, or prospective longitudinal research designs on maladaptive and adaptive correlates, to determine the significance of parental lying for children.

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父母对孩子撒谎：系统评价


例如，父母对孩子撒谎，以影响孩子的行为和情绪（通过撒谎育儿）。本系统综述的目的是描述当前关于父母撒谎的科学文献，包括其患病率、相关性、概念化和操作化。通过使用 PRISMA 指南进行广泛的文献搜索，发现了 23 篇符合条件的同行评审的关于父母撒谎的实证论文。许多父母被发现对孩子撒谎。然而，现有研究的特点是对父母撒谎的异质性和狭隘的概念化和操作化，以及对问题的关注。在此之后，目前的经验证据主要指向与适应不良发育的关联。在对研究进行批判性分析之后，未来的研究应在关于适应不良和适应性相关性的非回顾性、实验性或前瞻性纵向研究设计中实施更广泛的父母撒谎的概念化和操作化，以确定父母撒谎对儿童的重要性。