Interpersonal trust and disaffected high school youth

The study consisted of two parts. First, a new scale of interpersonal trust for adolescents was constructed using a representative sample of 70 students from a community high school. Second, the hypothesis was tested that disaffected youth compared to the more conventional would show less interperso...

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Published in:Journal of youth and adolescence 1974-12, Vol.3 (4), p.281-292
Main Authors: Stein, K B, Soskin, W F, Korchin, S J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Interpersonal/Interpersonalism
Trust
Youth/Youths/Youthful
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Summary:The study consisted of two parts. First, a new scale of interpersonal trust for adolescents was constructed using a representative sample of 70 students from a community high school. Second, the hypothesis was tested that disaffected youth compared to the more conventional would show less interpersonal trust. Two matched groups of 57 students each were employed for the second part of the study. Results indicate that the new scale is a reliable and valid measure. Correlates of the scale disclose that trust is associated with interpersonal distance, certain developmental factors, and the quality of parent-adolescent relations. Results from the second part of the study tend to confirm the hypothesis in that greater trust scores were found among students with more conventional beliefs.
ISSN:0047-2891
1573-6601
DOI:10.1007/BF02214742