This article is about the psychological trait named Machiavellianism. For the political concept that bears the same name, see Machiavellianism (politics).
Medical condition
Machiavellianism
Machiavellianism is one of the traits in the dark triad model, along with psychopathy and narcissism.
In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism (sometimes abbreviated as MACH) is the name of a personality trait construct characterized by interpersonal manipulation, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest.[3][4][5][6] Psychologists Richard Christie and Florence L. Geis named the construct after Niccolò Machiavelli, as they used truncated and edited statements inspired by his works to study variations in human behaviors.[7][8][9] Their Mach IV test, a 20-question, Likert-scalepersonality survey, became the standard self-assessment tool and scale of the Machiavellianism construct. Those who score high on the scale (High Machs) are more likely to have a high level of manipulativeness, deceitfulness and a cynical, unemotional temperament.[10][11]
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