With a little help from my (undesirable) friends: The influence of sex ratio on preferences for the relative mate value of friends

• Main Author: CHOY, Bryan Kwok Cheng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Sex ratio; Mating strategies; Intrasexual competition; Friendships; Mate value; Evolutionary psychology; Gender and Sexuality; Social Psychology and Interaction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/293; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The present research examined whether who men and women choose to befriend reflects evolved desires for managing intrasexual competition for mates. It is reasoned that individuals should display a stronger preference for others of relatively lower mate value to oneself when the local ecology exhibit...