TY - JOUR
T1 - Everyday dynamics in generalized social and political trust
AU - Baumert, Anna
AU - Halmburger, Anna
AU - Rothmund, Tobias
AU - Schemer, Christian
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - We applied the traits as density distributions of states approach to generalized expectations of trustworthiness, namely, social trust and trust in politicians. Using an experience sampling study (N = 47), we assessed state social trust and trust in politicians four times a day for 2 weeks. Within-person variability was found to be low but meaningful as it was predicted by variations in affect, interactional trust, and prior experiences. There was high stability in interindividual differences in the mean levels of state trustworthiness expectations and in the levels of within-person variability. Our study provides a comprehensive understanding of stability and variability in generalized expectations of trustworthiness and indicates broad applicability of the traits as density distributions of states approach.
AB - We applied the traits as density distributions of states approach to generalized expectations of trustworthiness, namely, social trust and trust in politicians. Using an experience sampling study (N = 47), we assessed state social trust and trust in politicians four times a day for 2 weeks. Within-person variability was found to be low but meaningful as it was predicted by variations in affect, interactional trust, and prior experiences. There was high stability in interindividual differences in the mean levels of state trustworthiness expectations and in the levels of within-person variability. Our study provides a comprehensive understanding of stability and variability in generalized expectations of trustworthiness and indicates broad applicability of the traits as density distributions of states approach.
KW - Ecological momentary assessment
KW - Stability of interindividual differences
KW - Traits as density distributions of states
KW - Trust
KW - Within-person variability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84969497781&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84969497781
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 69
SP - 44
EP - 54
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
ER -