title: Examining the relationship between Machiavellianism and paranoia.
abstract: To investigate the relationship between Machiavellianism and paranoid tendencies we administered the Mach IV scale and Fenigstein and Vanable's Paranoia scale to 150 students enrolled in 4 sections of a course, Introduction to Psychology, at a university in the Middle South. Scores on the 2 were significantly and positively correlated (Pearson r = .50). Men had a significantly higher mean score on Machiavellianism than women. Although men obtained a higher mean on the Paranoia scale than women, the difference was not statistically significant. Implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Arkansas State University, USA.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Christoffersen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stamp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008257:Machiavellianism; D008297:Male; D010260:Paranoid Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results