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Adolescent trust behavior increases with age, particularly in boys. Both genders adapt better to untrustworthy partners over time, but not trustworthy ones, with no link to perspective-taking skills.

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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience

Background:

  • Interpersonal trust development is crucial during adolescence.
  • Understanding gender differences and cognitive factors influencing trust is important.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To longitudinally examine trust behavior development in adolescents.
  • To investigate gender differences in trust development trajectories.
  • To assess the role of perspective-taking in individual differences in trust development.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study over 3 years with participants aged 12.55 to 14.54 years.
  • Participants played trust games with hypothetical trustworthy and untrustworthy partners.
  • Assessed initial trust and adaptive trust behavior in response to partner types.

Main Results:

  • Initial trust behavior showed an age-related increase, stronger in boys than girls.
  • Adaptive trust behavior increased with age during untrustworthy interactions, but not trustworthy ones.
  • No significant gender differences in adaptive trust development or perspective-taking associations were found.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent trust behavior evolves, with initial trust increasing and adaptive responses to untrustworthy partners improving with age.
  • Gender influences the development of initial trust, but not adaptive trust.
  • Perspective-taking abilities did not explain individual differences in trust development trajectories.