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A general factor for trust?: Testing latent factor structures of trust across institutional and interpersonal contexts

The literature is replete with multi-dimensional self-report assessments of trust. It is not clear whether these dimensions are statistically distinguishable across institutional and interpersonal contexts, respectively.

Citation:
Mancini VO, Moroney DM, Howieson JA. A general factor for trust?: Testing latent factor structures of trust across institutional and interpersonal contexts. PLoS ONE. 2025;20(10).

Keywords:
Factor analysis; statistics; interpersonal relationships; self report; surveys and questionnaires; psychology; young adult

Abstract:
The literature is replete with multi-dimensional self-report assessments of trust. It is not clear whether these dimensions are statistically distinguishable across institutional and interpersonal contexts, respectively.