Mach-IV scale
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Machiavellianism measure
personality questionnaire
psychological assessment tool
self-report inventory
The Mach-IV scale is a psychological assessment tool designed to quantify an individual's level of Machiavellian traits such as manipulation, cynicism, and pragmatic morality.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| F-scale | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Machiavellianism measure
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personality questionnaire ⓘ psychological assessment tool ⓘ self-report inventory ⓘ |
| administrationMethod |
online survey
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paper-and-pencil ⓘ |
| assesses |
attitudes toward manipulation
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beliefs about human nature ⓘ moral flexibility ⓘ strategic interpersonal behavior ⓘ |
| basedOnTheoryOf | Niccolò Machiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFor | quantifying Machiavellian traits ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Florence L. Geis
NERFINISHED
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Richard Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | self-report Likert-type questionnaire ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later Machiavellianism scales ⓘ |
| hasScoring |
subscale scores
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total Machiavellianism score ⓘ |
| hasSubscale |
cynical worldview
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morality ⓘ tactics of manipulation ⓘ |
| isCriticizedFor |
cultural specificity
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limited construct coverage ⓘ potential social desirability bias ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| measures |
Machiavellianism
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cynicism ⓘ interpersonal strategy ⓘ manipulativeness ⓘ pragmatic morality ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dark Triad
NERFINISHED
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Narcissism ⓘ Psychopathy ⓘ |
| responseFormat | Likert scale ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
adolescents
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adults ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cross-cultural personality research
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examining correlations with leadership style ⓘ examining correlations with unethical behavior ⓘ research on dark personality traits ⓘ screening Machiavellian tendencies in samples ⓘ |
| usedInField |
behavioral ethics research
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organizational psychology ⓘ personality psychology ⓘ social psychology ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Big Five personality measures
NERFINISHED
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ethical decision-making tasks ⓘ organizational behavior measures ⓘ |
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