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. 2013 Dec 12;8(12):e81605. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081605

Table 1. Moral values and Machiavellianism: Correlations across Studies 1, 3, 4, 5.

Mach Amorality (Partial) Mach Control (Partial) Mach Status (Partial) Mach Distrust (Partial) Mach Total (Partial)
1a) Study 1: n = 117
Caring −.235* (−.169) −.231* (−.158) −.043 (.051) −.019 (.041) −.165 (−.070)
Fairness −.164 (−.121) −.112 (−.052) .024 (.100) .042 (.090) −.065 (.010)
Ingroup .218* (.294**) .072 (.102) .417*** (.458***) .256** (.297***) .323** (.394***)
Authority .113 (.235*) −.018 (.030) .293** (.362***) .199* (.256**) .203* (.308***)
Purity −.063 (.065) −.049 (.033) .075 (.144) .082 (.158) .019 (.140)
1b) Study 3: n = 115
Caring −.351*** (−.234*) −.255** (−.188*) −.235* (−.170) −.190* (−.122) −.324*** (−.223*)
Fairness −.189* (−.105) −.306*** (−.279**) −.098 (−.051) −.114 (−.058) −.210* (−.141)
Ingroup −.013 (.028) .160 (.136) .137 (.111) .013 (.021) .079 (.084)
Authority −.039 (.029) .108 (.106) .164 (.153) .036 (.043) .074 (.098)
Purity −.022 (.048) −.043 (.019) .142 (.124) .069 (.073) .071 (.087)
1c) Study 4: n = 117
Caring −.216* (−.215*) −.263** (−.238*) −.390*** (−.381***) −.011 (−.035) −.279** (−.277**)
Fairness −.121 (−.167) −.137 (−.120) −.193* (−.188*) .012 (.011) −.138 (−.148)
Ingroup −.117 (−.037) −.040 (−.044) .043 (.058) .029 (.007) −.029 (−.003)
Authority .071 (.207*) .058 (.060) .202* (.241**) .120 (.102) .156 (.213*)
Purity −.149 (.004) −.033 (−.066) .051 (.064) .212* (.169) .038 (.076)
1d) Study 5: n = 187
Caring −.287*** (−.219***) −.007 (−.041) −.103 (−.017) −.129 (−.054) −.194** (−.097)
Fairness −.022 (.011) .031 (.052) −.060 (−.014) .020 (.032) −.011 (.059)
Ingroup −.115 (−.031) .185* (.197**) .328*** (.347***) .090 (.115) .146* (.199**)
Authority −.076 (.044) .093 (.106) .313*** (.352***) .187* (.228**) .174* (.253***)
Purity −.196** (−.027) .053 (.108) .155* (.244***) .178 (.172*) .023 (.169*)

Notes. “Partial” refers to partial correlations with political orientation, religiosity, and gender controlled. Zero-order correlation coefficient is presented first, partial correlation coefficient is in parentheses. Boldface indicates significant correlations. * p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.