MACHIAVELLIANISM AND DOMINANCE: ARE THERAPISTS IN TRAINING MANIPULATIVE?

The present study uses the Mach IV, Factor N of the 16 PF, and the Dominance Scale of the PRF in an attempt to determine if counseling psychology graduate students are more interpersonally manipulative and dominant than their experimental psychology counterparts. The study concludes that counseling psychology students report less manipulative tendencies than do experimental students. There are no differences between the two groups in dominance, suggesting that Machiavellianism and dominance are two separate dimensions.