Sometimes I listen to the concept of "manipulative behavior". I understand the sense in a histrionic or antisocial personality. But, is it used also in psychosis and all types of pathologies, like a personality trait?
You can read Christie & Geis' 1970 book - Studies in Machiavellianism to gain an account of the subclinical trait of manipulative behavior. In the clinical context, do read about the Dark Triad (psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism); mach is a personality construct, but has undertones of psychopathology.
See Hervey Cleckley's The Mask of Sanity for a widely read book on behavior that could be called manipulative but perhaps better described as sociopathic.
Machiavellianism as a personality trair characterized by manipulative behavior has been linked to many forms of psychopathology e.g., depression, personality disorders, alexithymia. As for publications:
McHoskey (2001): Machiavellianism and personality dysfunction.
Wastell & Booth (2003): Machiavellianism: An alexithymic perspective.
Baktr, Yilmaz & Yavas (1996): Relating depressive symptoms to Machiavellianism in a Turkish sample.
A good follower to The mask of Sanity is Sam Vaknin's Malignant Self Love
Narcissism revisited
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