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Mama Mach and Papa Mach: Parental Machiavellianism in relation to dyadic coparenting and adolescents’ perception of parental behaviour

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Láng, András

Abstract / Description

Parental personality is a main contributor to parenting outcomes. However, research on parental personality and parenting or coparenting behaviour is scarce. These few studies showed that disagreeableness and neuroticism are consequently related to negative parenting outcomes. Machiavellianism is an antagonistic and socially aversive personality trait. Machiavellianism has been linked to unfavourable outcomes in several different types of relationships (e.g., romantic relationships, workplace relationships). Using self-report measures, I investigated the association between parental Machiavellianism, adolescents’ perceptions of parenting behaviour, and parent reported coparenting in a sample of 98 families raising adolescents. According to the results, Machiavellianism was positively related to adolescents’ perceptions of rejecting and overprotective parenting behaviour in mothers. With regard to coparenting, fathers’ Machiavellianism had a negative effect both on their own and on their spouses’ reports of coparenting quality. Differences between fathers’ and mothers’ results are discussed with regard to their functions in the parent-child interaction and in the spousal dyad.

Keyword(s)

Machiavellianism perceived parenting behaviour coparenting disagreeableness avoidant attachment

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Date of first publication

2018-03-12

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

14

Issue

1

Page numbers

107–124

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Láng, A. (2018). Mama Mach and Papa Mach: Parental Machiavellianism in relation to dyadic coparenting and adolescents’ perception of parental behaviour. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 107–124. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1474
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Láng, András
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:00:17Z
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    2018-11-21T10:00:17Z
  • Date of first publication
    2018-03-12
  • Abstract / Description
    Parental personality is a main contributor to parenting outcomes. However, research on parental personality and parenting or coparenting behaviour is scarce. These few studies showed that disagreeableness and neuroticism are consequently related to negative parenting outcomes. Machiavellianism is an antagonistic and socially aversive personality trait. Machiavellianism has been linked to unfavourable outcomes in several different types of relationships (e.g., romantic relationships, workplace relationships). Using self-report measures, I investigated the association between parental Machiavellianism, adolescents’ perceptions of parenting behaviour, and parent reported coparenting in a sample of 98 families raising adolescents. According to the results, Machiavellianism was positively related to adolescents’ perceptions of rejecting and overprotective parenting behaviour in mothers. With regard to coparenting, fathers’ Machiavellianism had a negative effect both on their own and on their spouses’ reports of coparenting quality. Differences between fathers’ and mothers’ results are discussed with regard to their functions in the parent-child interaction and in the spousal dyad.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Láng, A. (2018). Mama Mach and Papa Mach: Parental Machiavellianism in relation to dyadic coparenting and adolescents’ perception of parental behaviour. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(1), 107–124. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1474
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1096
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1288
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1474
  • Keyword(s)
    Machiavellianism
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  • Keyword(s)
    perceived parenting behaviour
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  • Keyword(s)
    coparenting
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  • Keyword(s)
    disagreeableness
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  • Keyword(s)
    avoidant attachment
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Mama Mach and Papa Mach: Parental Machiavellianism in relation to dyadic coparenting and adolescents’ perception of parental behaviour
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    107–124
  • Volume
    14
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