This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This article asks about the types of friendships people prefer across cultures, focusing on closeness and endurance. The authors hypothesize that people generally favor close and enduring friendships, especially when seeking support and social input, while those with self-serving or mate-seeking goals may prefer casual and convenient ones. Using data from 6,224 participants across 12 countries, they find that most people prefer close and enduring friendships, and that preferences largely align with actual friendships. Results also show small but significant effects of Dark Triad traits—particularly Machiavellianism—on friendship preferences. The conclusion is that friendship preferences are broadly consistent across cultures but shaped by individual goals and personality.

This study reveals that in hunting and gathering societies thought to be akin to those of our ancestors, female choice is constained by the control that parents exercise over their daughters. Since parental control is the typical pattern of mate choice among extant foragers, it is likely that this pattern was also prevalent throughout human evolution.