434 adults participated in a standardization study of the lie scale of the Culture-free Self-esteem Inventory for Adults, Form Ad. The mean lie scores for the total group, men and women, were 6.32, 6.37, and 6.28, respectively. No significant differences were found between the scores of men and women.
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