Definition
The Mach-IV is a three-dimensional, 20-item self-report measure of Machiavellianism – i.e., a manipulative, exploitative, deceitful, and distrustful attitude.
Introduction
Christie and Geis (1970) developed the Mach-IV to discriminate between individuals who tend to agree and those who tend to disagree with Machiavellian attitudes. Thus, the Mach-IV is a three-dimensional, 20-item self-report measure of Machiavellianism – i.e., a manipulative, exploitative, deceitful, and distrustful attitude. Since its inception in 1970, Mach-IV has been the object of critiques and attempts to revise or to substitute with other measures of Machiavellianism. Despite recent revisions of the Mach-IV [e.g., Two-Dimensional Mach-IV (TDM; Monaghan et al. 2016), Trimmed-Mach* (Rauthmann 2013)], the development of other measures of Machiavellianism [e.g., Machiavellian Personality Scale (MPS; Dahling et al. 2009)], or the integration of Machiavellianism’s assessment into measures of the Dark Triad...
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Láng, A. (2017). Machiavellianism Scale (Mach-IV). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1246-1
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