Moderating effects of gender and Machiavellianism on outcomes associated with negative life events among adolescents

Lee, Seonjoo; Geng, Yan; Sai, Xueying; Yang, Ming; Toh, Chai Wei; Zhan, Tingting; Yu, Jing; Shi, Liping

doi:10.1007/s12144-019-00409-4

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“…Overall, adolescents with high dark triad tend to be antisocial, vulgar, and academically disengaged ( Zhang et al, 2015 ). Specifically, adolescents with high Machiavellianism show emotional problems such as lack of sympathy ( Sutton and Keogh, 2000 ) and behavioral problems ( Zhu et al, 2021 ), including aggression, a higher tendency toward antisocial practices, lower altruistic concerns ( Swami et al, 2010 ), and equity sensitivity ( Woodley and Allen, 2014 ). Psychopathy is also negatively related to prosocial practices ( Papageorgiou et al, 2020 ) and different social skills such as communication, group collaboration ( Anwar and Zubair, 2021 ), altruistic prosociality ( White, 2014 ), and equity sensitivity ( Woodley and Allen, 2014 ).…”

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Social Sustainability in Late Adolescence: Trait Emotional Intelligence Mediates the Impact of the Dark Triad on Altruism and Equity

2022

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Adolescence involves a profound number of changes in all domains of development. Among others, adolescence yields an enhanced awareness and responsibility toward the community, representing a critical age to develop prosocial behaviors. In this study, the mediation role of Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) was detected for the relationship between the dark triad and prosocial behavior based on altruism and equity. A total of 129 healthy late adolescents filled in the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen, measuring Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism; the Altruistic Action Scale, evaluating behaviors directed at helping others; the Equity Scale, assessing behaviors directed at equity in different forms; and the TEI Questionnaire-Short Form. Results showed that TEI mediated the negative effects of the three dark triad traits on both altruism and equity. This finding suggests that TEI, which relies on a set of dispositions (e.g., emotional management of others, social competence, and empathy), might reduce the malevolent effects of the dark triad on altruism and equitable behavior in late adolescence. This led to assume that intervention programs focused on improving emotional skills, also in late adolescence, can promote prosociality.

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Social Sustainability in Late Adolescence: Trait Emotional Intelligence Mediates the Impact of the Dark Triad on Altruism and Equity

2022

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“…For this result, we have some explanations. Firstly, Machiavellianism acts as an “amplifier” when individuals face negative life events [ 41 ], which makes high Machiavellians usually experience more negative emotions, such as anxiety, depression, etc. [ 42 ].…”

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Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

Zeng

Jin

Shi

et al. 2022

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Negative emotions caused by break-up are the key work of university students’ psychological intervention. It is important to explore the specific factors of break-up distress for university students’ psychological intervention. Therefore, we investigated 869 university students to examine the effect of Machiavellianism and psychological capital on break-up distress, as well as its gender difference. The results indicated that high Machiavellians experience more break-up distress. Moreover, through structural equation models, we found that as for female university students, psychological capital mediated the relationship between Machiavellianism and break-up distress. However, as for male university students, the mediation effect was not significant. It means that for female university students, psychological capital acted as the mechanism to connect Machiavellianism and break-up distress.

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“…Consequently, controlling for team size (number of followers) was deemed essential. Leader's Machiavellianism was measured using a 16-item scale developed by Dahling et al (2009) and previously applied in the Chinese context (Zhu et al, 2021). A ve-point Likert scale was utilized, with a Cronbach's alpha of .86.…”

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Culturally-shaped Mindsets of Authoritarian Leadership: Power Motivation and Effectiveness Belief Promoted by Power Distance

Jiang,

Wang,

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An intriguing paradox in organizational management is that authoritarian leadership continues to prevail, particularly in high power distance contexts, despite recurring adverse research outcomes. To explore this puzzle, this study integrated cultural and active leader-choice perspectives and proposed a comprehensive framework to illustrate how power distance shapes leaders’ social cognition and motivation toward authoritarian leadership, causing variations in its distribution within and between cultures. Two studies were conducted in China and the US. The results demonstrated that leaders’ power distance boosts their belief in the effectiveness of discipline-focused authoritarian leadership and need for power, resulting in the manifestation of discipline- or dominance-focused authoritarian leadership, respectively. In addition, Chinese leaders exhibited higher power distance scores and stronger beliefs in the effectiveness of authoritarian leadership than US leaders. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Moderating effects of gender and Machiavellianism on outcomes associated with negative life events among adolescents

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Social Sustainability in Late Adolescence: Trait Emotional Intelligence Mediates the Impact of the Dark Triad on Altruism and Equity

Social Sustainability in Late Adolescence: Trait Emotional Intelligence Mediates the Impact of the Dark Triad on Altruism and Equity

Struggling or Liberating? The Effects of Machiavellianism on Break-Up Distress

Culturally-shaped Mindsets of Authoritarian Leadership: Power Motivation and Effectiveness Belief Promoted by Power Distance

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