Breanna De Leeuw

Breanna De Leeuw is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests center on motivations for deceit during communicative episodes, as well as the personal and relational implications of these messages. Her previous work used quantitative research methods from self-report data to examine the influence of biological sex, relational intimacy, attachment orientations, relational uncertainty, and face concerns on deploying deceptive communication within romantic relationships. She also investigated the impact of deceptive communication on relational commitment and relationship satisfaction in intimate partnerships. Her future research goals center on elucidating the association between trust and deception in various interpersonal contexts.