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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Prior research identified trust trait, expectation, risk, and behavior as components of interpersonal trust.
  • A gap exists in understanding the structural relationships among these components and how they form interpersonal trust.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and validate the pyramid structure model of interpersonal trust.
  • To elucidate the structural relationships among trust trait, trust expectation, trust risk, and trust behavior.

Main Methods:

  • The study proposed a novel pyramid structure model for interpersonal trust.
  • Empirical evidence was used to validate the proposed model's rationality.

Main Results:

  • Interpersonal trust is anchored by individual trust trait.
  • The dynamic equilibrium between trust risk and trust expectation mediates trust development.
  • Trust behavior emerges as the outcome of this process, reflecting a synergistic interplay of factors.

Conclusions:

  • The pyramid structure model provides a comprehensive framework for understanding interpersonal trust.
  • Interpersonal trust is a complex construct resulting from the interplay of individual and environmental factors.