As a personality trait, machiavellianism is characterized by the use of deceit and manipulation to achieve personal goals, often at the expense of others. It is a part of the “dark tetrad” of ...

What is “D,” or the dark factor of personality ... and researchers typically use individual scales measuring narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism separately, or a 12-item scale ...

These are signs of Machiavellianism, the dark personality trait named after the 16th century Italian political theorist who wrote the first "how to" guide for rulers. A Machiavellian personality ...

The authors further differentiate these two personality types via the following scales, which they developed ... types such as narcissism and Machiavellianism are brought into clearer view.

The findings have been published in the International Journal of Personality ... completed the MACH-IV scale, a widely used questionnaire for assessing Machiavellianism, where higher scores ...

In the first study, the researchers sought to replicate findings from earlier work that connected virtuous victim signaling with the dark personality traits of narcissism and Machiavellianism.