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Conceptualizing and measuring global interpersonal mistrust-trust.

M M Omodei1, J McLennan

  • 1School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia. m.omodei@latrobe.edu.au

The Journal of Social Psychology
|July 21, 2000
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a new scale to measure global interpersonal mistrust, defined as a general tendency to distrust others' motives concerning personal well-being. The developed measure is reliable and valid for assessing this negative cognitive orientation.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Global interpersonal mistrust involves a pervasive distrust of others' motives, viewing them as unreliable or malevolent.
  • This cognitive orientation impacts perceptions of interpersonal situations related to personal well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a unidimensional self-report inventory for measuring global interpersonal mistrust.
  • To assess interpersonal mistrust as a negative cognitive orientation toward others.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an 18-item unidimensional self-report inventory.
  • The inventory uses hypothetical interpersonal situations to gauge mistrust.
  • Validation was conducted on a diverse sample of Australians.

Main Results:

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  • The developed measure demonstrated reliability.
  • The inventory evidenced construct validity within the study sample.
  • The measure effectively captures interpersonal mistrust as a negative cognitive orientation.

Conclusions:

  • The 18-item inventory is a reliable and valid tool for measuring global interpersonal mistrust.
  • The findings support the conceptualization of interpersonal mistrust as a negative cognitive orientation.
  • The measure is suitable for use in heterogeneous populations, such as Australians.