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A Click of Faith: How Perceived Trustworthiness Affects Online Risk-Taking in Unfamiliar Dyads
Lina Hillner1, Lorraine Hope1, Feni Kontogianni2
1University of Portsmouth.
The Journal of Social Psychology
|February 18, 2025
Summary
Perceptions of trustworthiness indirectly influence online risk-taking. Participants interacting with an untrustworthy player took fewer high-risk decisions, suggesting trust formation impacts behavior in virtual teams.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Virtual Team Dynamics
Background:
- Trustworthiness perceptions are crucial for swift trust and positive outcomes in virtual teams.
- Limited research exists on how trustworthiness influences trust formation and online risk-taking in unfamiliar dyads.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effects of manipulated player trustworthiness on subsequent online risk-taking behavior.
- To examine both direct and trust-mediated pathways of untrustworthiness on risk-taking.
Main Methods:
- Participants engaged in two interactive online games.
- Player trustworthiness (untrustworthy vs. trustworthy) was manipulated in the first game.
- Risk-taking behavior (high-risk decisions, investment size) was recorded in the second game.
Main Results:
- Exploratory analyses showed participants interacting with an untrustworthy player took significantly fewer high-risk decisions in the initial phase of the second game.
- No significant effect of trustworthiness was found on investment size.
- Participants were less willing to trust the untrustworthy player.
Conclusions:
- Perceptions of trustworthiness indirectly influence online risk-taking behavior by shaping trust.
- Trust formation, rather than direct effects, appears to mediate the relationship between trustworthiness and risk-taking in this context.
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