Blötner, C, Dinić, BM, Denovan, A, Dagnall, N, Krstić, P, Papageorgiou, KA, Trahair, C and Plouffe, RA (2024) The Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire: Further Validation and Evidence of Cross-National Validity. Journal of Personality Assessment. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0022-3891

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Abstract

Researchers on antagonistic personality traits debate about an appropriate measurement approach to Machiavellianism. One measure intended to resolve this discourse, the Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire (MAAQ), distinguishes motivational aspects of Machiavellianism (https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001069). Machiavellian Approach reflects strategic striving for advantages (even at others’ expense), and Machiavellian Avoidance encompasses misanthropically driven prevention of loss. Using two German samples (ntotal = 1,583; 63% women), evidence from our first study confirmed assumed relations between both facets and disagreeableness, as well as Machiavellian approach with dominance seeking, and Machiavellian avoidance with mistrust. However, the nomological networks of Machiavellian approach and measures of subclinical psychopathy were almost identical in both samples. Thus, the MAAQ failed to sufficiently differentiate from subclinical psychopathy. In a second study, partial scalar cross-national invariance was established across samples from Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, and Serbia (ntotal = 1,853). Thereby, participants from Germany scored lower in Machiavellian approach compared to other samples, lower in Machiavellian avoidance compared to samples from the United Kingdom and Canada, but higher compared to the Serbian sample. Overall, findings supported cross-national equivalence of the MAAQ but undermined construct validity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	52 Psychology; 5205 Social and Personality Psychology; 5201 Applied and Developmental Psychology; 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services; 16 Studies in Human Society; 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences; Clinical Psychology; 35 Commerce, management, tourism and services; 44 Human society; 52 Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2025 15:27
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2025 15:30
DOI or ID number:	10.1080/00223891.2024.2431123
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25679

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