1.
Psychol Rep
; 98(3): 861-4, 2006 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16933686
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the relationship between scores of college students (N=210, 114 women, 95 men, 1 unidentified; Mage=19.3 yr., SD=2.8) on Machiavellianism and their motives for communicating with their instructors in the classroom. Students' Machiavellianism scores were positively but weakly related to three motives of Functional (r=.22, p<.01), Excuse-making (r=.16, p<.05), and Sycophancy (r=.17, p<.05).
Subject(s)
Communication , Interpersonal Relations , Machiavellianism , Motivation , Students/psychology , Students/statistics & numerical data , Teaching , Adult , Female , Humans , Male
2.
Psychol Rep
; 92(1): 151-2, 2003 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12674274
ABSTRACT
Of 555 college students those rating verbal aggressiveness higher also rated perception of the world as a meaner place.
