Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 406-413.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.04.03

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Effects of Trait Cognition and Social Relationship on Chinese Interpersonal Trust: The Role of Social Class

WANG Pei1, LIU Yuting2, LIANG Yajun2, TAN Chenhao2   

  1. 1. Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062;
    2. Department of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University Shanghai 200234
  • Published:2020-07-21

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Abstract: Interpersonal trust can be influenced by trait cognition and social relationships. Despite having a close-distant relationship, social class is an important property of social relationships. In this study, we examined the way in which trait cognition (benevolence), close-distant relationship and social class impact the trust of Chinese in an investment game. The results demonstrated that all three factors can influence the tendency of Chinese interpersonal trust and there was a significant interaction among them. Both close-distant relationship and social class have the greatest impact on trustworthiness. Additionally the results demonstrated that close relationships, higher social class and higher level of benevolence lead to higher levels of trust. Moreover, the effect of social class on the level of trust decreased with the decreasing of the degree of close-distant relationships (the level of benevolence). Our findings suggest that social relationships influence the level of Chinese interpersonal trust through the effect of trait cognition.

Key words: trust, benevolence, social relationship, close-distant relationship, social class

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  • B844
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