A darker shade of love: Machiavellianism and positive assortative mating based on romantic ideals
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Ináncsi, Tamás
Láng, András
Bereczkei, Tamás
Abstract / Description
Machiavellianism is a personality trait that is characterized by manipulative and exploitative attitude toward others, lack of empathy, and a cynical view of human nature. In itself or as part of the Dark Triad it has been the target of several studies investigating romantic relations. Nevertheless, the relationship between Machiavellianism and romantic ideals has not been revealed yet. An undergraduate sample of 143 (92 females) with an average age of 19.83 years (SD = 1.51 years) filled out self-report measures of Machiavellianism (Mach-IV Scale) and romantic ideals (Ideal Standards Scale and NEO-FFI-IDEAL). According to our results, Machiavellianism correlated negatively with the importance of partner’s warmth-trustworthiness, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and with the importance of intimacy and loyalty in their ideal relationships. Machiavellianism correlated positively with the ideal partner’s possession over status and resources. Explorative factor analysis revealed three components of ideal partner’s characteristics. Machiavellianism loaded significantly on two out of three components. Results are discussed with regard to Ideal Standards Model and the Big Five model of personality.
Keyword(s)
Machiavellianism romantic ideals partner preferences positive assortative mating, Ideal Standards Model Big Five model of personalityPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-02-29
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
12
Issue
1
Page numbers
137–152
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Ináncsi, T., Láng, A., & Bereczkei, T. (2016). A darker shade of love: Machiavellianism and positive assortative mating based on romantic ideals. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(1), 137–152. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1007
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ináncsi, Tamás
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Láng, András
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bereczkei, Tamás
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Date of first publication2016-02-29
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Abstract / DescriptionMachiavellianism is a personality trait that is characterized by manipulative and exploitative attitude toward others, lack of empathy, and a cynical view of human nature. In itself or as part of the Dark Triad it has been the target of several studies investigating romantic relations. Nevertheless, the relationship between Machiavellianism and romantic ideals has not been revealed yet. An undergraduate sample of 143 (92 females) with an average age of 19.83 years (SD = 1.51 years) filled out self-report measures of Machiavellianism (Mach-IV Scale) and romantic ideals (Ideal Standards Scale and NEO-FFI-IDEAL). According to our results, Machiavellianism correlated negatively with the importance of partner’s warmth-trustworthiness, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and with the importance of intimacy and loyalty in their ideal relationships. Machiavellianism correlated positively with the ideal partner’s possession over status and resources. Explorative factor analysis revealed three components of ideal partner’s characteristics. Machiavellianism loaded significantly on two out of three components. Results are discussed with regard to Ideal Standards Model and the Big Five model of personality.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationInáncsi, T., Láng, A., & Bereczkei, T. (2016). A darker shade of love: Machiavellianism and positive assortative mating based on romantic ideals. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(1), 137–152. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1007
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/985
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1177
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1007
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Keyword(s)Machiavellianismen_US
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Keyword(s)romantic idealsen_US
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Keyword(s)partner preferencesen_US
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Keyword(s)positive assortative mating, Ideal Standards Modelen_US
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Keyword(s)Big Five model of personalityen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleA darker shade of love: Machiavellianism and positive assortative mating based on romantic idealsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers137–152
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Volume12
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