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  • Personality Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology

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  • Machiavellianism involves calculated manipulation.
  • Borderline personality disorder (BPD) involves impulsive, emotionally driven manipulation.
  • Both personality constructs impact interpersonal dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the relationships between Machiavellianism and borderline personality traits.
  • To examine these relationships in the context of broader personality constructs (Big Five traits).
  • To identify distinct subgroups (latent profiles) based on these traits.

Main Methods:

  • Survey study with 1011 adult participants.
  • Utilized measures for Machiavellianism, borderline personality, and Big Five traits.
  • Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was employed to identify subgroups.

Main Results:

  • Machiavellianism negatively correlated with agreeableness and conscientiousness.
  • Borderline personality traits positively correlated with neuroticism and negatively with agreeableness and conscientiousness.
  • Two distinct latent profiles emerged from the analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Machiavellianism can be associated with adaptive or maladaptive functioning.
  • A combination of Machiavellianism and borderline personality traits indicates manipulative tendencies alongside emotional instability.
  • Future research should investigate specific manipulative behaviors linked to these traits.