%0 Journal Article
%T Machiavellianism and Elicitation of Self-Disclosure in a Competitive Friendship
%A Chi-Fai Lo
%J Psychology
%P 409-424
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2021.123026
%X The present study investigated the influence of
Machiavellianism and friendship competition on the elicitation of
self-disclosure from others within friendship dyads. Male (N = 120) and female
(N = 70) participants aged 17 to 60 years (M = 29.15, SD = 12.26) completed a
questionnaire containing preliminary demographic questions, Mach IV Scale,
Opener Scale and Interpersonal Competition Index. The regression analysis has
revealed that Machiavellianism and friendship competition are reliable
predictors of the ability to elicit self-disclosure from others, and these
results coincide with those of correlation analysis. This study represents the
very first attempt to investigate the Machiavellian personality correlates
associated with the tendency to elicit self-disclosure from others, and its
findings may help shed light upon the direction of future research.
%K Machiavellianism
%K Elicitation
%K Self-Disclosure
%K Competition
%K Friendship
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=108164