Preferences for Closeness and Endurance in Friendship: A Cross-Cultural Investigation

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 59(4) • Sage Journal • • Published In • Pages: 455-480 •
By Apostolou,  Menelaos, Sullman,  Mark, Ayers,  Jessica D., Błachnio,  Agata, Choubisa,  Rajneesh, Gadelrab,  Hesham F., Hill,  Tetiana, Kamble,  Shanmukh, Lisun,  Yanina, Manrique-Millones,  Denisse, Millones-Rivalles,  Rosa, Ohtsubo,  Yohsuke, Przepiórka,  Aneta, Tekeş,  Burcu, Vera Cruz,  Germano, Wang,  Yan, Watanabe,  Yukino, Ghorbani,  Arya, Shahrour,  Ghada

Hypothesis

The higher a participant scores on the Machiavellianism scale, the stronger their preference would be for casual and convenience friendships.

Note

Machiavellianism had small but significant negative effects on closeness and endurance.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Mediation regressionPartially Supportedp < 0.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Machiavellianism scaleIndependentNONE
Casual/ConvenienceDependentFriendships
Types of FriendsMediatorFriendships