Roots of Friendship: Socio-Behavioral and Psychological Foundations of Male Alliances

Juri Plusnin

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Roots of Friendship: Socio-Behavioral and Psychological Foundations of Male Alliances

Juri Plusnin

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 6, Issue 5)

Received: 14 January 2017 Accepted: 23 February 2017 Published: 23 October 2017

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The summary paper argues that the phenomenon of male alliance (friendship) emerges as a consequence of mutual preference demonstrated by male individuals - both human and animal, - and such preference can be empirically captured. Friendly relations between men are built on two different foundations: (1) the principle of biological and social similarity and (2) the principle of psychological complementarity of the alliance members. Friendship is predominantly formed between boys and men of the same ethnic (racial) origin, similar age, behavior, and common social background. By contrast, psychologically friends are selected based on the complementarity of their temperament and main personality traits, such as ergonicity, sthenicity, emotionality, neophobia/neophilia, extraversion/introversion, dependence/independence of behavior, and dominance/submissiveness. These principles trigger the following key effects: a person is more likely to develop an individual preference and find a friend in childhood, and the number of potential friends is very limited.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 6, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20170605.15
Page(s)	110-117
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Male Alliance, Friendship, Individual Recognition and Preference, Similarity, Complementarity, Sociobiology of Friendship, Psychology of Friendship

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