Why Machiavellianism matters in childhood: The relationship between children's Machiavellian traits and their peer interactions in a natural setting
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Abell, Loren
Qualter, Pamela
Brewer, Gayle
Barlow, Alexandra
Stylianou, Maria
Henzi, Peter
Barrett, Louise
Abstract / Description
The current study investigated the association between Machiavellianism and children’s peer interactions in the playground using observational methods. Primary school children (N = 34; 17 female), aged 9 to 11 years, completed the Kiddie Mach scale and were observed in natural play during 39 recesses (average observed time = 11.70 hours) over a full school year. Correlations for boys revealed that Machiavellianism was related to more time engaging in direct and indirect aggression, being accepted into other peer groups, and accepting peers into their own social group. Correlations revealed that for girls, Machiavellianism was associated with lower levels of indirect aggression, less time being accepted into other groups and less time accepting and rejecting other children into their own group. This preliminary pilot study indicates that Machiavellianism is associated with children’s observed social behaviour and aims to promote future observational research in this area.
Keyword(s)
Machiavellianism peer relations observation aggression peer rejectionPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-08-20
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
11
Issue
3
Page numbers
484–493
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Abell, L., Qualter, P., Brewer, G., Barlow, A., Stylianou, M., Henzi, P., & Barrett, L. (2015). Why Machiavellianism matters in childhood: The relationship between children's Machiavellian traits and their peer interactions in a natural setting. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(3), 484–493. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.957
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Abell, Loren
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Qualter, Pamela
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Brewer, Gayle
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Barlow, Alexandra
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Stylianou, Maria
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Henzi, Peter
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Barrett, Louise
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Date of first publication2015-08-20
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Abstract / DescriptionThe current study investigated the association between Machiavellianism and children’s peer interactions in the playground using observational methods. Primary school children (N = 34; 17 female), aged 9 to 11 years, completed the Kiddie Mach scale and were observed in natural play during 39 recesses (average observed time = 11.70 hours) over a full school year. Correlations for boys revealed that Machiavellianism was related to more time engaging in direct and indirect aggression, being accepted into other peer groups, and accepting peers into their own social group. Correlations revealed that for girls, Machiavellianism was associated with lower levels of indirect aggression, less time being accepted into other groups and less time accepting and rejecting other children into their own group. This preliminary pilot study indicates that Machiavellianism is associated with children’s observed social behaviour and aims to promote future observational research in this area.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationAbell, L., Qualter, P., Brewer, G., Barlow, A., Stylianou, M., Henzi, P., & Barrett, L. (2015). Why Machiavellianism matters in childhood: The relationship between children's Machiavellian traits and their peer interactions in a natural setting. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(3), 484–493. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.957
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/970
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1162
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.957
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Keyword(s)Machiavellianismen_US
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Keyword(s)peer relationsen_US
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Keyword(s)observationen_US
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Keyword(s)aggressionen_US
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Keyword(s)peer rejectionen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleWhy Machiavellianism matters in childhood: The relationship between children's Machiavellian traits and their peer interactions in a natural settingen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers484–493
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Volume11
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Visible tag(s)Version of Record