Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the machiavellian personality scale and its association with social adjustment and risky behaviors in Iranian college students

BMC Psychiatry

Research

Mitra Asadi¹  Somayeh Yoosefi² 

[1] Department of Clinical Psychology, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran;Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran;

关键词: Personality;    Psychometrics;    Social adjustment;    Risky behaviors;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-023-05177-x

 received in 2023-06-28, accepted in 2023-09-10,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThe present study aims to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Machiavellian Personality Scale (P-MPS), and evaluate its relationship with social adjustment and risky behaviors in Iranian college students.MethodsParticipants were 500 healthy college students (270 females and 230 males) from medical and non-medical universities in Sanandaj, Iran. They completed the P-MPS, the social adjustment subscale of the Bell Adjustment Inventory, and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) questionnaire. The factor structure of the P-MPS was evaluated by exploratory factor analysis followed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to examine the internal consistency of the P-MPS and Pearson correlation test was used to investigate the relationship of the P-MPS score with the scores of social adjustment subscale and YRBSS.ResultsThe P-MPS showed good content validity (Content validity ratio = 0.73, content validity index = 0.90), construct validity, and internal consistency (α = 0.802). The CFA results supported the four-factor solution of the questionnaire. The total score of P-MPS and its dimensions showed a significant negative relationship with social adjustment (p < 0.05). Moreover, its score was significantly correlated with risky behaviors (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe Persian version of MPS can be used for assessing Machiavellianism in the Iranian population.

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