Validación de factores de la escala de personalidad maquiavélica mach iv en la ciudad de Mexicali

• Main Author: Reyes Santiago Álvarez Salas
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2014-11-01
• Series: Revista de Psicología y Ciencias del Comportamiento de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
• Subjects: personality; Machiavellianism; Mach IV; perfectionism; anxiety
• Online Access: http://www.revistapcc.uat.edu.mx/index.php/RPC/article/view/90/pdf

This research is a proposal to update the Mach IV instrument incorporating new factors that explore dimensions of the Machiavellian personality not previously measured in the test, as proposed by McHoskey (1999). 4 items that comprise two factors which will join the Mach IV test, intrinsic and extrinsic goals are added. The anxiety factor which consists of 5 items in which the subject's ability to control their emotions in reference to the social sphere is explored is attached. 9 items that comprise two factors, self-oriented perfectionism and towards others are incorporated. Data from a sample of 325 people from 20-51 years of the city of Mexicali BC reported A correlational statistical analysis allowed the validation of new items incorporated in the instrument was conducted. In relation to previous research the importance of an update of Test stands.