Cargando…

Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality

Machiavellianism is characterised by a manipulative interpersonal style, willingness to exploit others, and a preference for emotionally detached relationships. The present studies investigate the extent to which Machiavellianism influences relationship satisfaction and romantic relationship quality...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Brewer, Gayle, Abell, Loren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PsychOpen 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904597
http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i3.1217
_version_ 1783262556432891904
author Brewer, Gayle
Abell, Loren
author_facet Brewer, Gayle
Abell, Loren
author_sort Brewer, Gayle
collection PubMed
description Machiavellianism is characterised by a manipulative interpersonal style, willingness to exploit others, and a preference for emotionally detached relationships. The present studies investigate the extent to which Machiavellianism influences relationship satisfaction and romantic relationship quality. In Study 1, 194 heterosexual partnered women completed Machiavellianism and Relationship Satisfaction measures. Women with higher levels of Machiavellianism reported lower levels of relationship satisfaction. In Study 2, 132 heterosexual partnered women completed Machiavellianism, Trust, Commitment, Control, and Emotional Abuse scales. Women with higher levels of Machiavellianism perceived their partners to be less dependable, reported less faith in their partners, and were less willing to persist with the relationship than those with low levels of Machiavellianism. With regards to negative behavior, Machiavellianism predicted each form of control and emotional abuse investigated, such that those with high levels of Machiavellianism were more likely to engage in controlling behavior and emotional abuse. Findings have important implications for the prediction of romantic relationship quality and in particular for negative behavior such as control and abuse.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5590532
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher PsychOpen
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-55905322017-09-13 Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality Brewer, Gayle Abell, Loren Eur J Psychol Research Reports Machiavellianism is characterised by a manipulative interpersonal style, willingness to exploit others, and a preference for emotionally detached relationships. The present studies investigate the extent to which Machiavellianism influences relationship satisfaction and romantic relationship quality. In Study 1, 194 heterosexual partnered women completed Machiavellianism and Relationship Satisfaction measures. Women with higher levels of Machiavellianism reported lower levels of relationship satisfaction. In Study 2, 132 heterosexual partnered women completed Machiavellianism, Trust, Commitment, Control, and Emotional Abuse scales. Women with higher levels of Machiavellianism perceived their partners to be less dependable, reported less faith in their partners, and were less willing to persist with the relationship than those with low levels of Machiavellianism. With regards to negative behavior, Machiavellianism predicted each form of control and emotional abuse investigated, such that those with high levels of Machiavellianism were more likely to engage in controlling behavior and emotional abuse. Findings have important implications for the prediction of romantic relationship quality and in particular for negative behavior such as control and abuse. PsychOpen 2017-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5590532/ /pubmed/28904597 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i3.1217 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Reports
Brewer, Gayle
Abell, Loren
Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality
title Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality
title_full Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality
title_fullStr Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality
title_full_unstemmed Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality
title_short Machiavellianism, Relationship Satisfaction, and Romantic Relationship Quality
title_sort machiavellianism, relationship satisfaction, and romantic relationship quality
topic Research Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904597
http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i3.1217
work_keys_str_mv AT brewergayle machiavellianismrelationshipsatisfactionandromanticrelationshipquality
AT abellloren machiavellianismrelationshipsatisfactionandromanticrelationshipquality