The Interplay of Social Status and Trust: A Critical Review of Concepts, Operationalizations, and Findings

IF 3.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Review of General Psychology Pub Date : 2021-05-17 DOI:10.1177/10892680211007405

Carolina Dahlhaus, Thomas Schlösser

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Abstract

This review examines the relationship between a person’s social status and trust. Previous research has yielded differing results. On one hand, studies have repeatedly found positive correlations of different strengths between social status and trust; that is, persons with higher social status trust more than persons with lower social status. On the other hand, empirical evidence has also suggested a negative correlation between social status and trust; that is, persons with lower social status trust more than persons with higher social status. In addition to a systematic analysis of the various theoretical approaches and the respective study results, possible causes for these diverging empirical findings are discussed. With regard to the relationship between socioeconomic status and generalized trust, all studies reviewed show a positive correlation. Contradictory results can be found only in studies that investigated socioeconomic status and trust, measured as behavior. In addition to the different operationalizations of social status and trust, one potential cause for different results may be found in the fact that in experimental settings, the social status of the interaction partner is often known.

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社会地位与信任的互动：对概念、操作和发现的批判性回顾

这篇综述考察了一个人的社会地位和信任之间的关系。先前的研究得出了不同的结果。一方面，研究一再发现，社会地位与信任之间存在不同强度的正相关关系；也就是说，社会地位较高的人比社会地位较低的人更信任。另一方面，经验证据也表明社会地位与信任之间存在负相关；也就是说，社会地位较低的人比社会地位较高的人更信任。除了对各种理论方法和各自的研究结果进行系统分析外，还讨论了这些不同实证结果的可能原因。关于社会经济地位与普遍信任之间的关系，所有综述的研究都显示出正相关。矛盾的结果只能在调查社会经济地位和信任（以行为衡量）的研究中找到。除了社会地位和信任的不同操作之外，产生不同结果的一个潜在原因可能是，在实验环境中，互动伙伴的社会地位往往是已知的。

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Review of General Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Review of General Psychology seeks to publish innovative theoretical, conceptual, or methodological articles that cross-cut the traditional subdisciplines of psychology. The journal contains articles that advance theory, evaluate and integrate research literatures, provide a new historical analysis, or discuss new methodological developments in psychology as a whole. Review of General Psychology is especially interested in articles that bridge gaps between subdisciplines in psychology as well as related fields or that focus on topics that transcend traditional subdisciplinary boundaries.