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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ekologiya cheloveka (Human Ecology)</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Экология человека</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1728-0869</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2949-1444</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">686297</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/humeco686297</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">rzsdpj</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL STUDY ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Association between subjective credulity assessment and judging deception in older adults</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Взаимосвязь субъективной оценки доверчивости и способности распознавания обмана в пожилом и старческом возрасте</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title>老年期与高龄期人群主观轻信性自评与欺骗识别能力之间的关系</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-3652</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6779-0519</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nikishina</surname><given-names>Vera B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Никишина</surname><given-names>Вера Борисовна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname>Nikishina</surname><given-names>Vera B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р психол. наук, профессор</p></bio><bio xml:lang="zh"><p>Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Professor</p></bio><email>nikishina_vb@rsmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3177-088X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2313-1089</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Petrash</surname><given-names>Ekaterina A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Петраш</surname><given-names>Екатерина Анатольевна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname>Petrash</surname><given-names>Ekaterina A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р психол. наук, доцент</p></bio><bio xml:lang="zh"><p>Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Associate Professor</p></bio><email>petrash@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8276-0940</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1720-9044</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lisichkina</surname><given-names>Alyona A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лисичкина</surname><given-names>Алёна Алексеевна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname>Lisichkina</surname><given-names>Alyona A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>liss_alyona@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-0389</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">9220-1544</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kucheryavenko</surname><given-names>Igor A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кучерявенко</surname><given-names>Игорь Анатольевич</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname>Kucheryavenko</surname><given-names>Igor A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Psychology), Assistant Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. психол. наук, доцент</p></bio><bio xml:lang="zh"><p>Cand. Sci. (Psychology), Assistant Professor</p></bio><email>kucheryavenko@bsuedu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет им. Н.И. Пирогова</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh">Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="kk"></institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="pt"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет им. Н.И. Пирогова</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh">Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Belgorod National Research University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh">Belgorod National Research University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2025-10-27" publication-format="electronic"><day>27</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-11-27" publication-format="electronic"><day>27</day><month>11</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>32</volume><issue>10</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><issue-title xml:lang="zh"/><fpage>745</fpage><lpage>755</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-06-28"><day>28</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-10-03"><day>03</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2025, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://hum-ecol.ru/1728-0869/article/view/686297">https://hum-ecol.ru/1728-0869/article/view/686297</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND:</bold> The work is relevant, given the increasing proportion of older adults worldwide, as well as the growing rates of crimes against older people, notably phone fraud.</p> <p><bold>AIM:<italic> </italic></bold>The work aimed to assess the association between subjective credulity assessment and judging deception in older adults.</p> <p><bold>METHODS:</bold> The study was conducted at the Russian Research and Clinical Center for Gerontology. It included three stages: assessing the actual ability to detect deception; subjective credulity assessment; and assessing the association between judging deception and subjective credulity. The study included 60 older participants (60–75 years, n = 36; 76–90 years, n = 24). Inclusion criteria were as follows: preserved neurocognitive function; absence of severe chronic medical conditions and mental disorders; preserved analytical capability; and no history of cerebrovascular accidents. The following assessment tools were used: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); Pragmatic Interpretation Short Stories Winner’s Task (modified by Kolesova and Sergienko); Dembo–Rubinstein test; and UCLA Loneliness Scale (by Russell, Peplau, and Ferguson). Descriptive, comparative, correlation, and multivariate statistics were used for quantitative assessment.</p> <p><bold>RESULTS:<italic> </italic></bold>No significant relationships were found when examining the association between subjective credulity assessment and judging deception in older adults. However, following factorization, approximately 40% of participants were found to misjudge their ability to detect deception, irrespective of the actual accuracy of deception judgments.</p> <p><bold>CONCLUSION:</bold> The two groups of older adults (60–75 years and 76–90 years) showed comparable ability to detect deception. Low ability to detect deception in these age groups is related to increased credulity and low subjective assessment of own mental capacity.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование.</bold> Актуальность исследования обусловлена, с одной стороны, увеличением доли населения пожилого и старческого возраста в структуре общества практически во всех странах мира, с другой стороны — увеличением количества преступлений в отношении людей пожилого возраста, особенно в сфере мошенничества с использованием телефонной коммуникации.</p> <p><bold>Цель</bold>. Изучение взаимосвязи субъективной оценки доверчивости и способности распознавания обмана в пожилом и старческом возрасте.</p> <p><bold>Методы. </bold>Исследование осуществлялось на базе Российского геронтологического научно-клинического центра в три этапа: изучение способности фактического распознавания обмана; изучение субъективной оценки доверчивости; оценка взаимосвязи показателей распознавания обмана и субъективного показателя доверчивости. Объём выборки составил 60 человек: 36 человек пожилого (60–75 лет) и 24 человека старческого (76–90 лет) возраста. Критериями включения в выборку являлись сохранный нейрокогнитивный статус, отсутствие тяжёлых хронических соматических и психических заболеваний, сохранность функционирования анализаторных систем, отсутствие в анамнезе нарушений мозгового кровообращения. Использовали следующие методы исследования: МоСа-тест; методика Pragmatic Interpretation Short Stories Winner’s Task в адаптации Н.И. Колесовой и Е.А. Сергиенко, методика Дембо–Рубинштейн, шкала субъективного ощущения одиночества Д. Расселла, Л. Пепло, М. Фергюсона. Количественную оценку проводили с использованием методов описательной, сравнительной, корреляционной и многомерной статистики.</p> <p><bold>Результаты. </bold>В результате оценки<bold> </bold>взаимосвязи уровня субъективной оценки доверчивости и способности распознавания обмана в пожилом и старческом возрасте статистически значимых взаимосвязей не выявлено. Однако процедура факторизации показала, что около 40% испытуемых заблуждаются относительно своей способности распознавать обман вне зависимости от фактического уровня распознавания обмана.</p> <p><bold>Заключение. </bold>Лица пожилого и старческого возраста характеризуются схожим уровнем способности к распознаванию обмана. Низкий уровень распознавания обмана указанными возрастными группами обусловлен повышенной доверчивостью и невысокой субъективной оценкой собственных умственных способностей.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"><p>论证。研究的现实意义在于：一方面，全球多数国家社会人口结构中老年期与高龄期人群比例持续上升；另一方面，针对该人群的犯罪数量亦逐年增加，尤其是基于电话通讯的诈骗行为。</p> <p>目的。探讨老年期与高龄期个体主观轻信性自评与欺骗识别能力之间的关系。</p> <p>方法。研究在Russian Clinical and Research Center of Gerontology开展，共分三个阶段：评估实际欺骗识别能力；评估主观轻信性自评；分析两者之间的关联。样本共60名受试者：老年期36人（60–75岁），高龄期24人（76–90岁）。纳入标准包括：认知状态完整、无严重慢性躯体与精神疾病、感觉系统功能保留、无脑血流障碍病史。采用MoCA测试、Pragmatic Interpretation Short Stories Winner’s Task (Kolesova和Sergienko改编版）、Dembo-Rubinstein方法及Russell、Peplau、Ferguson主观孤独感量表。定量评估采用描述性、比较性、相关性及多变量统计方法。</p> <p>结果。在对老年与高龄人群主观轻信程度与欺骗识别能力之间关系进行评估后，未发现统计学显著关联。然而因素分析显示，约40%的受试者对自身欺骗识别能力存在错误判断，与其实际识别水平无关。</p> <p>结论。老年期与高龄期人群在欺骗识别能力上表现接近。该年龄阶段欺骗识别能力较低与较高的轻信倾向以及对自身认知能力较低的主观评价相关。</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>judging deception</kwd><kwd>older age</kwd><kwd>senile age</kwd><kwd>credulity</kwd><kwd>deception</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>распознавание обмана</kwd><kwd>пожилой возраст</kwd><kwd>старческий возраст</kwd><kwd>доверчивость</kwd><kwd>обман</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="zh"><kwd>欺骗识别</kwd><kwd>老年期</kwd><kwd>高龄期</kwd><kwd>轻信</kwd><kwd>欺骗</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Kalabikhina IE, Kalmykova NM, Denisov BP, et al. 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