القدرة التنبؤية للتدين النفعي و المنافسة الزائدة بالشخصية المكيافيلية لدى طلبة الدراسات العليا في جامعة اليرموك

Abstract EN

The study aimed at revealing predictive ability of utilitarian religiosity and excessive competition in Machiavellian personality among graduate students at Yarmouk University.

the sample of the study consisted of (366) male and female graduate students from Yarmouk university who were selected in the available method in the summer semester of the academic year 2020/2021.

in order to achieve the objectives of the study three scales have been applied : the utilitarian religiosity scale (al-Khalidi & al-Dafaeii, 2017), the measure of excess competition (Ryckman, et al., 1990), and the Machiavellian Personality Scale (Dahling et al., 2009).

the results of the study revealed a low level of utilitarian religiosity ; the average total score was (1.75), and the results revealed a moderate level of excess competition, and the average total score of the scale was (2.67), and the results also revealed a medium degree of Machiavellian personality, and the average total score of the scale was (2.88).

the results of the study indicated that the Machiavellian personality can be predicted through utilitarian religiosity and excessive competition; the utilitarian religiosity variable explained (16.9%) of the variance, while the excessive competition variable explained (6.3%) of the variance.