Psychological Development and Education ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 38-44.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2020.01.05

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8-to 12-Year-Olds' Trust in Peers Predicted by Trait Trustworthiness and Facial Trustworthiness and Its Age Difference

LI Qinggong1, ZHANG Wenyu1, SUN Jieyuan1, MA Fengling2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004;
    2. School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018
  • Published:2020-02-05

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Abstract: This study, which recruited 297 8-to 12-year-olds, investigated the prediction of trustee's trait trustworthiness and facial trustworthiness towards the peer trust and its age difference. The peer trust scores for trustees were assessed by peer evaluation. The trait trustworthiness was measured by peer nomination. The facial trustworthiness was marked by the same age children who were recruited from different school, the result showed as follows. (1) Trustee's trait trustworthiness and facial trustworthiness could positively predict children's peer trust. (2) There was a significant interaction effect between trait trustworthiness and facial trustworthiness. Specifically, if trustees had higher facial trustworthiness, the trait trustworthiness would have a higher positive prediction on peer trust. (3) The prediction effect of trait trustworthiness increased with the growth of age, whereas the prediction effect of facial trustworthiness remained the same.

Key words: trust, trait trustworthiness, facial trustworthiness, school-age children

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