On Different Relationships between Dogmatism and Machiavellianism among Male and Female College Students

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ID13650270
AuthorsMarion Steininger (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author), Ellen Eisenberg (0000-0003-2307-6780, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Year1976
Volume38
Issue3
Pages779-782
Publication date1976-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1976.38.3.779
PMID1273183
OpenAlexW1979433304
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

A brief dogmatism scale and the Kiddie Machiavellianism Scale were answered by 112 male and 83 female students. The men's Mach scores were higher than the women's. The correlation between dogmatism and Mach— was not significant in either sex; in contrast, the correlation between dogmatism and Mach+ was significant for both sexes, r being significantly greater for the women than for the men. Agreement response set therefore seemed to be involved in the correlations between these scales for both sexes, though more for the women than the men. Factor by factor correlations indicated that for the men, the main other overlap between these two scales was an unflattering view of people, as hypothesized by Christie and Geis; for the women, however, the overlap between the scales was more extensive. The interpretation of this sex difference suggested the possibility that women may be more Machiavellian than their scores suggest and may even be more Machiavellian than men. though their scores typically suggest the opposite

Big Five personality traits · Correlation · Developmental psychology · Interpretation (philosophy · Machiavellianism · Personality · Scale (ratio · Set (abstract data type · Clinical Psychology · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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