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Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting
The current study investigated the association between Machiavellianism and children’s peer interactions in the playground using observational methods. Primary school children (N = 34; 17 female), aged 9 to 11 years, completed the Kiddie Mach scale and were observed in natural play during 39 recesse...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27247672 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.957 |
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author | Abell, Loren Qualter, Pamela Brewer, Gayle Barlow, Alexandra Stylianou, Maria Henzi, Peter Barrett, Louise |
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description | The current study investigated the association between Machiavellianism and children’s peer interactions in the playground using observational methods. Primary school children (N = 34; 17 female), aged 9 to 11 years, completed the Kiddie Mach scale and were observed in natural play during 39 recesses (average observed time = 11.70 hours) over a full school year. Correlations for boys revealed that Machiavellianism was related to more time engaging in direct and indirect aggression, being accepted into other peer groups, and accepting peers into their own social group. Correlations revealed that for girls, Machiavellianism was associated with lower levels of indirect aggression, less time being accepted into other groups and less time accepting and rejecting other children into their own group. This preliminary pilot study indicates that Machiavellianism is associated with children’s observed social behaviour and aims to promote future observational research in this area. |
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spelling | pubmed-48730582016-05-31 Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting Abell, Loren Qualter, Pamela Brewer, Gayle Barlow, Alexandra Stylianou, Maria Henzi, Peter Barrett, Louise Eur J Psychol Research Reports The current study investigated the association between Machiavellianism and children’s peer interactions in the playground using observational methods. Primary school children (N = 34; 17 female), aged 9 to 11 years, completed the Kiddie Mach scale and were observed in natural play during 39 recesses (average observed time = 11.70 hours) over a full school year. Correlations for boys revealed that Machiavellianism was related to more time engaging in direct and indirect aggression, being accepted into other peer groups, and accepting peers into their own social group. Correlations revealed that for girls, Machiavellianism was associated with lower levels of indirect aggression, less time being accepted into other groups and less time accepting and rejecting other children into their own group. This preliminary pilot study indicates that Machiavellianism is associated with children’s observed social behaviour and aims to promote future observational research in this area. PsychOpen 2015-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4873058/ /pubmed/27247672 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.957 Text en 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 unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Reports Abell, Loren Qualter, Pamela Brewer, Gayle Barlow, Alexandra Stylianou, Maria Henzi, Peter Barrett, Louise Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting |
title | Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting |
title_full | Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting |
title_fullStr | Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting |
title_full_unstemmed | Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting |
title_short | Why Machiavellianism Matters in Childhood: The Relationship Between Children's Machiavellian Traits and Their Peer Interactions in a Natural Setting |
title_sort | why machiavellianism matters in childhood: the relationship between children's machiavellian traits and their peer interactions in a natural setting |
topic | Research Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27247672 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.957 |
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