Jul 7, 2022 07:21 PM
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https://www.psypost.org/2022/07/women-wh...inds-63468
EXCERPT: . . . Results showed that people who valued conformity and traditional values were more likely to have same-sex friendships over opposite-sex friendships. Contrary to hypotheses, those who valued achievement and power or benevolence and universalism did not show increased opposite-sex friendships. This could potentially be due to the fields of participants (primarily psychology, social work, and education) or be because ambitious people may seek out friendship with many people regardless of gender. Women who value self-direction, which includes autonomy and independence, tended to have more opposite-sex friendships. Men showed no significant associations with openness values.
“For women but not for men, going one’s own way was associated with reaching out to a larger number of cross-sex friends,” Altmann explained. “Self-direction is part of the openness to change values, which are juxtaposed with the conservation values of security, tradition, and conformity. Considering that security and tradition were found to be negatively associated with heterosociality, the positive association with self-direction was plausible. However, the nonsignificant findings for men were surprising. It may be the case that for men, internal dispositions play a minor role in the formation of their friendships in general.” (MORE - missing details)
EXCERPT: . . . Results showed that people who valued conformity and traditional values were more likely to have same-sex friendships over opposite-sex friendships. Contrary to hypotheses, those who valued achievement and power or benevolence and universalism did not show increased opposite-sex friendships. This could potentially be due to the fields of participants (primarily psychology, social work, and education) or be because ambitious people may seek out friendship with many people regardless of gender. Women who value self-direction, which includes autonomy and independence, tended to have more opposite-sex friendships. Men showed no significant associations with openness values.
“For women but not for men, going one’s own way was associated with reaching out to a larger number of cross-sex friends,” Altmann explained. “Self-direction is part of the openness to change values, which are juxtaposed with the conservation values of security, tradition, and conformity. Considering that security and tradition were found to be negatively associated with heterosociality, the positive association with self-direction was plausible. However, the nonsignificant findings for men were surprising. It may be the case that for men, internal dispositions play a minor role in the formation of their friendships in general.” (MORE - missing details)