TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the Effect Childhood Socioeconomic Background on Interpersonal Trust
T2 - Lower Childhood Socioeconomic Status Predicts Lower Levels of Trust
AU - Stamos, Angelos
AU - Altsitsiadis, Efthymios
AU - Dewitte, Siegfried
PY - 2019/7/15
Y1 - 2019/7/15
N2 - Trust is the foundation for human relationships, therefore, understanding its determinants is of utmost importance. In line with recent findings we predict that one factor influencing the individual levels of trust is childhood socioeconomic background. Childhood socioeconomic background has been found to be a key determinant of various behaviors in adulthood as it directs individuals to adopt specific large clusters of behavioral traits often referred to as lifehistory strategies. In two studies, we show that childhood socioeconomic background is associated with social trust through the adoption of different life-history strategies. In the first study, we establish the link between childhood socioeconomic background and trust and we show that the relationship is mediate by the adoption of different lifehistory strategies. In the second study, we analyze the data of General Social Survey to replicate the finding in a large sample and provide some initial evidence of two potential moderators of the relationship, sense of control and resource scarcity.
AB - Trust is the foundation for human relationships, therefore, understanding its determinants is of utmost importance. In line with recent findings we predict that one factor influencing the individual levels of trust is childhood socioeconomic background. Childhood socioeconomic background has been found to be a key determinant of various behaviors in adulthood as it directs individuals to adopt specific large clusters of behavioral traits often referred to as lifehistory strategies. In two studies, we show that childhood socioeconomic background is associated with social trust through the adoption of different life-history strategies. In the first study, we establish the link between childhood socioeconomic background and trust and we show that the relationship is mediate by the adoption of different lifehistory strategies. In the second study, we analyze the data of General Social Survey to replicate the finding in a large sample and provide some initial evidence of two potential moderators of the relationship, sense of control and resource scarcity.
KW - Childhood socioeconomic background
KW - Trust
KW - Life-history strategies
KW - Social cognition
KW - Childhood socioeconomic background
KW - Trust
KW - Life-history strategies
KW - Social cognition
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2019.03.011
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85062904630
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 145
SP - 19
EP - 25
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -