Personality correlates of Machiavellianism: I. Consensual validation
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Nicholas F. Skinner
King's College
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John Giokas
King's College
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Henry Hornstein
King's College
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- Keywords:
- Machiavellianism, personality correlates, consensual validation
- Abstract
- Compared to control group data obtained under standard instructions, participants asked to fake their replies to the Howarth Personality Questionnaire in the way they felt a Machiavellian (i.e., socially manipulative) individual would honestly respond scored significantly higher on ascendance-dominance, trust vs. suspicion, and impulsiveness, and significantly lower on superego, inferiority, and cooperativeness-considerateness. Preliminary analysis suggests that these traits are congruent with the personality characteristics of authentic high Machs.
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- 1976-08-01
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- Volume 4, 1976, Issue 2
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