Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2021 Nov-Dec;103(6):732-739. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1878525. Epub 2021 Feb 2.
Previous findings have showed that existing measures of Machiavellianism often fail to distinguish Machiavellianism from another construct in the Dark Triad (i.e., psychopathy) and do not align with theoretical descriptions. To rectify this, a 52-item measure (i.e., FFMI) was developed to measure traits that are the most theoretically relevant to Machiavellianism using the Five-Factor model of personality. The aim of the current study is to develop a briefer version of the FFMI that can be used in situations in which efficiency is critical. Using data collected from three samples (total 1,945), we developed a 15-item measure of Machiavellianism (i.e., FFMI-SSF) that was shown to be similarly effective as the FFMI in capturing core personality traits relevant to Machiavellianism and distinguishing Machiavellianism from psychopathy and narcissism.
先前的研究结果表明，现有的马基雅维利主义测量方法往往无法将马基雅维利主义与黑暗三人格（即精神病态）中的另一种结构区分开来，也不符合理论描述。为了解决这个问题，开发了一种 52 项的测量方法（即 FFMI），使用人格的五因素模型来衡量与马基雅维利主义最相关的特质。本研究的目的是开发一种更简短的 FFMI 版本，可用于需要效率的情况。我们使用从三个样本（共 1945 人）收集的数据，开发了一种 15 项马基雅维利主义测量方法（即 FFMI-SSF），结果表明，它在捕捉与马基雅维利主义相关的核心人格特质以及区分马基雅维利主义与精神病态和自恋方面与 FFMI 同样有效。
