Abstract
ObjectivesEmotional manipulation is an important strategy in social interaction. The English version of MEOS-SF has been developed to make the measurement of such manipulation ability more efficient. The purpose of the current study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of MEOS-SF.MethodsExplore factor analysis and Confirmatory factor analysis were adopted to examine the Chinese version of the MEOS-SF factor structure in 645 Chinese participants (mean age = 24.68 ± 6.01 years) recruited online.ResultsFactor analysis supported a new three-factor model that included Conceal, Prosocial, and Non-prosocial, different from the original English MEOS-SF. Enhance and Divert merged to Prosocial factor while Worsen and Inauthentic merged to Non-prosocial factor because both prosocial and non-prosocial pairs had similar objectives, which would be perceived as the same thing by people in Eastern culture. As expected, MEOS-SF factors were found to be correlated with the Big Five, psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and trait EI.ConclusionsOur results suggested that the Chinese version of MEOS-SF had acceptable psychometric properties and could be used to assess emotional manipulation.
Highlights
Effective interpersonal manipulation needs individuals to own an ability to perceive the emotion expectation and expression of others accurately and predict their response to stimuli [1,2]
Enhance and Divert merged to Prosocial factor while Worsen and Inauthentic merged to Non-prosocial factor because both prosocial and non-prosocial pairs had similar objectives, which would be perceived as the same thing by people in Eastern culture
Managing the Emotions of Others Scale (MEOS)-SF factors were found to be correlated with the Big Five, psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and trait emotional intelligence (EI)
Summary
Effective interpersonal manipulation needs individuals to own an ability to perceive the emotion expectation and expression of others accurately and predict their response to stimuli [1,2]. Interpersonal manipulation is closely associated with dark personalities such as psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism [3,4,5,6,7] People who have these dark personalities may deploy different strategies for manipulating others’ emotions for self-serving intentions, such as to induce individuals to behave in a particular way or worsen someone’s feeling. One prosocial pair factor (Enhance, Divert) and one non-prosocial pair factor (Worsen and Inauthentic) are core factors of MEOS used to capture the approaches of managing others’ emotions. The other two factors are Conceal and Poor skills The former represents the interpersonal emotion management ability to hide one’s emotion and not be detected by others. The psychometric properties of MEOS-SF have not been examined in Chinese culture
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