Ayers publishes two articles in special issue for friendship research

Assistant Professor Jessica Ayers from the Department of Psychological Science recently published two articles in a special issue of the journal "Evolution and Human Behavior" focused on friendship research.

Her first article, "Cross-societal evidence of sex differences in preference for emotional support from friends" is coauthored with psychology faculty from Hamilton College. The authors review evidence from five studies across four countries to support the thesis that women, more than men, prefer friends who provide them with emotional support.

Ayes is the primary author of her second article, "Friendship making orientation as indexed by preferences for wide networks and intimacy with many friends: structure and validity of a new construct." She and her coauthors from the University of Arizona and Rutgers University propose a new concept called friendship making orientation (the extent to which people want many friends or only a few they are very close with). They describe the concept, its validation and cross-cultural support.

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