Abstract

Numerous scholars have criticized the traditional assessment of Machiavellianism due to insufficient construct coverage, some going so far as to question its distinctness from psychopathy. Tackling these issues, Collison, Vize, Miller, and Lynam developed the Five Factor Machiavellianism Inventory (FFMI), comprising antagonism, agency, and planfulness. We aimed to replicate the MACH-IV psychopathy relations, demonstrate the validity of the FFMI by assessing its relations with the NEO-PI-R and the HEXACO facets, and link the FFMI to a broad range of work-related criteria. We replicated the MACH-IV psychopathy relations and found a very high ($r_{\mathrm{ICC}}\mathrm{S}$ = .91) absolute profile similarity between the FFMI’s correlations with the NEO-PI-R in our sample (N = 572) and the correlation profile for the same variables reported by Collison and colleagues. Both the NEO-PI-R and HEXACO-PI-R profiles for the FFMI found in the current study supported its distinctiveness from traditional measures of Machiavellianism, which converged greatly with the correlation profiles for the FFMI-antagonism dimension. A cluster analysis also showed a substantial proportion of Five Factor Machiavellian individuals. In addition, the FFMI displayed positive relations with a broad range of criteria for vocational and work-related success and was clearly distinct from psychopathy.

摘要

由于结构覆盖不足，许多学者批评了对马基雅维利主义的传统评估，一些学者甚至质疑其与精神病的区别。为了解决这些问题，科里森、维兹、米勒和莱纳姆开发了五因素马基雅维利主义量表 (FFMI)，包括对抗性、代理性和计划性。我们旨在复制 MACH-IV 精神病关系，通过评估其与 NEO-PI-R 和 HEXACO 方面的关系来证明 FFMI 的有效性，并将 FFMI 与广泛的工作相关标准联系起来。我们复制了 MACH-IV 精神病关系，发现非常高（$r_{\mathrm{国际商会}}\mathrm{秒}$= .91) FFMI 与我们样本中 NEO-PI-R 的相关性（N  = 572）与 Collison 及其同事报告的相同变量的相关性之间的绝对轮廓相似性。当前研究中发现的 FFMI 的 NEO-PI-R 和 HEXACO-PI-R 配置文件都支持其与传统马基雅维利主义测量的独特性，后者与 FFMI 对抗维度的相关配置文件有很大的收敛性。聚类分析还显示了很大一部分五因素马基雅维利个体。此外，FFMI 与广泛的职业和工作相关成功标准显示出积极的关系，并且明显不同于精神病。