Opposite-Sex Friendship: Sex Differences and Similarities in Initiation, Selection, and Dissolution

By April Bleske-Rechek, David M. Buss. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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The mate switching hypothesis (2017, background): “Women, but not men, prioritize economic resources and physical prowess in their opposite-sex friends, a discrepancy that mirrors sex-differences in mate preferences (Bleske-Rechek & Buss, 2001; Lewis et al., 2011).”
Close adult friendships, gender, and the life cycle (2015, background): “Given that access to the Internet has grown remarkably in the last decade, the opportunity to participate in surveys such as this one is available to 95% of those between ages 18 and 29, 87% of those between 30 and 49, 78% of those between 50 and 64, and 42% of those 65 and older (U.S. Census Bureau”
Sociosexuality and Romantic Relationships. (2004, background): “Extending this line of work, Bleske-Rechek and Buss (2001) investigated how sociosexuality impacts individuals’ preferences for opposite-sex friends and their motivations for initiating and ending opposite-sex friendships.”
Behavior expectations in cross-sex friendships, same-sex friendships, and romantic relationships (2009, unknown): “Bleske-Rechek and Buss (2001) found that individuals who already have a romantic partner are less likely to view a cross-sex friendship as having the potential to develop into a romantic relationship than individuals who are not already involved in a romantic relationship.”
Sociosexuality from Argentina to Zimbabwe: A 48-nation study of sex, culture, and strategies of human mating (2005, background): “Indeed, it appears to have become the measure of choice when attempting to relate human mating strategies to other sex-related phenomena (Allen 2000; Bleske-Rechek & Buss 2001; Clark 2004; Gangestad & Thornhill 1997; Isaacson 2001; Reise & Wright 1996; Schmitt 2005; Seal & Agostinelli 1994; Simon…”