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Machiavellianism is known in many areas of politics and psychology as a behavioral strategy where a qualified manipulator achieves his or her benefits through deception, flattery, intimidation, bribery, suggestion of false targets. Manipulative behavior as part of Machiavellian manifestations is a significant factor that occurs in the interpersonal context of behavior. Conceptualization and operationalization of this construct are a prerequisite for exploring manipulative manifestations as well as their theoretica...

The report presents the results of a research aimed at identification of common dimensions of cognitive distortions. The research sample consisted of 336 respondents. Occurence of cognitive distortions was ob served with the help of 10 categories based on Becks Cognitive Theory [ 1]. Cognitive distortions were identified by means of daily records containing 10 pages per diary. The factor analysis generated four factors of cognitive distortions (selectiveelective-extrem e thinking thinking, personalizationersonaliz...