Machiavellianism and Personality Traits in a Clinical Sample of 341 Patients

András Láng's dataset contains results from a study of 341 mental health inpatients, with a mean age of 34.78 years, examining relationships between Machiavellianism, personality functioning, and maladaptive traits. The study, last updated in 2026, used self-report measures to test mediation models. Results indicate associations between traits like Detachment, Psychoticism, and Antagonism with Machiavellian views and tactics.

Use Cases

• Testing mediation models between personality traits and Machiavellianism based on the described study design.
• Analyzing correlations between level of personality functioning and specific maladaptive trait domains.
• Investigating distinct characteristics of Machiavellian views versus Machiavellian tactics in a clinical population.

Strengths

• Includes data from 341 clinical participants, providing a specific sample size.
• Reports detailed participant demographics, including 200 females, 94 males, and a mean age of 34.78 years.
• Results are based on mediation analyses, suggesting a structured analytical approach.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 47.8 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

András Láng via figshare.

Collection Method

Self-report measures collected from 341 patients on an inpatient psychotherapy ward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 05:24:26; freshness should be verified.