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Láng, A. (2017). Machiavellianism Scale (Mach-IV). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1246-1

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