European Academic Research ISSN 2286-4822
ISSN-L 2286-4822
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Article Name :
Measurement of social trust through vignettes; construction and piloting of an instrument for the measurement of social trust using the vignettes technique
Author Name :
DRITAN TAULLA
Publisher :
Bridge Center
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Abstract :
Measurement of social trust raises some methodological questions, related to both item construction and to the way the items are perceived by respondents from different cultures. Issues related to the construction of direct items and that require a certain level of abstract thinking of the respondents can be addressed by constructing instruments that measure the construct through vignettes. An instrument that measures social trust using the vignettes technique was constructed and went through piloting. The instrument was tested for understandability, face validity and internal consistency. The results show that the instrument can reliably be used to measure social trust and caution in dealing with others, being easy to understand and having a high internal consistency, as well as face validity.
Keywords :
social trust, caution, vignettes, direct items, selfreporting methods

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