Women Favour Dyadic Relationships, but Men Prefer Clubs: Cross-Cultural Evidence from Social Networking

The ability to create lasting, trust-based friendships makes it possible for humans to form large and coherent groups. The recent literature on the evolution of sociality and on the network dynamics of human societies suggests that large human groups have a layered structure generated by emotionally...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-03, Vol.10 (3), p.e0118329
Main Authors: David-Barrett, Tamas, Rotkirch, Anna, Carney, James, Behncke Izquierdo, Isabel, Krems, Jaimie A., Townley, Dylan, McDaniell, Elinor, Byrne-Smith, Anna, Dunbar, Robin I. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Data collection
Emotions
Evolution
Experimental psychology
Female
Females
Friends
Friendship
Gender aspects
Gender differences
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Males
Middle Aged
Networking
Online social networks
Peers
Personality
Pictures
Sex differences
Sex Factors
Social aspects
Social Behavior
Social Networking
Social networks
Social organization
Social psychology
Social research
Social Skills
Society
Tradeoffs
Young Adult
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