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What is the emotional core of the multidimensional Machiavellian personality trait?

Machiavellianism is a personality trait characterized by interpersonal manipulation and associated with specific patterns of emotional and social cognition skills. The aim of this study was to investigate its socio-cognitive characteristics by determining its association and predictors on the basis...

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Autores principales: Al Aïn, Syrina, Carré, Arnaud, Fantini-Hauwel, Carole, Baudouin, Jean-Yves, Besche-Richard, Chrystel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885245
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00454
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author Al Aïn, Syrina
Carré, Arnaud
Fantini-Hauwel, Carole
Baudouin, Jean-Yves
Besche-Richard, Chrystel
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description Machiavellianism is a personality trait characterized by interpersonal manipulation and associated with specific patterns of emotional and social cognition skills. The aim of this study was to investigate its socio-cognitive characteristics by determining its association and predictors on the basis of a multidimensional approach to Machiavellianism. We used Mach IV scale to assess “Machiavellian Intelligence” skill of participants (Christie and Geis, 1970). It includes three subscales that are (1) the use of deceit in interpersonal relationships, (2) a cynical view of human nature and (3) the lack of morality. Associations were found between Machiavellianism and low levels of empathy and affective ToM, and high levels of alexithymia, anhedonia, depression, and anxiety. These associations were observed in varying proportions depending on the three subscales of Machiavellianism. The addition of anhedonia and trait-anxiety to the concepts of empathy and alexithymia made it possible to gain a better understanding of the emotional core of Machiavellianism. These findings are discussed in the light of developmental and adaptive perspectives.
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spelling pubmed-37175082013-07-24 What is the emotional core of the multidimensional Machiavellian personality trait? Al Aïn, Syrina Carré, Arnaud Fantini-Hauwel, Carole Baudouin, Jean-Yves Besche-Richard, Chrystel Front Psychol Psychology Machiavellianism is a personality trait characterized by interpersonal manipulation and associated with specific patterns of emotional and social cognition skills. The aim of this study was to investigate its socio-cognitive characteristics by determining its association and predictors on the basis of a multidimensional approach to Machiavellianism. We used Mach IV scale to assess “Machiavellian Intelligence” skill of participants (Christie and Geis, 1970). It includes three subscales that are (1) the use of deceit in interpersonal relationships, (2) a cynical view of human nature and (3) the lack of morality. Associations were found between Machiavellianism and low levels of empathy and affective ToM, and high levels of alexithymia, anhedonia, depression, and anxiety. These associations were observed in varying proportions depending on the three subscales of Machiavellianism. The addition of anhedonia and trait-anxiety to the concepts of empathy and alexithymia made it possible to gain a better understanding of the emotional core of Machiavellianism. These findings are discussed in the light of developmental and adaptive perspectives. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3717508/ /pubmed/23885245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00454 Text en Copyright © 2013 Al Aïn, Carré, Fantini-Hauwel, Baudouin and Besche-Richard. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc.
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Baudouin, Jean-Yves
Besche-Richard, Chrystel
What is the emotional core of the multidimensional Machiavellian personality trait?
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title_short What is the emotional core of the multidimensional Machiavellian personality trait?
title_sort what is the emotional core of the multidimensional machiavellian personality trait?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885245
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00454
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