Existential insecurity and trust during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Germany

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J. Delhey, Leonie C. Steckermeier, K. Boehnke, F. Deutsch, J. Eichhorn, U. Kühnen, C. Welzel
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Abstract

ABSTRACT In many, but not all situations it is easier to be trusting from a position of security. This paper addresses trust’s relationship with perceived insecurities induced by the coronavirus pandemic. Looking at social trust (trust in strangers) and institutional trust (trust in the government and in the public health-care system), we explore whether individuals’ trust is negatively or positively associated with economic fears and health fears. Using panel data from Germany for 2020, 2021, and 2022 we find in cross-sectional analysis that institutional trust – but not social trust – is strengthened by health fears and weakened by economic fears. Longitudinal analysis shows that changes in health fears – but not in economic fears – increase social and institutional trust. Our results indicate that only health fears are threatening enough to suspend the otherwise tight-knit syndrome of security and trust.
COVID-19大流行期间存在的不安全感与信任:以德国为例
在许多情况下,但不是所有的情况下,处于安全地位的人更容易信任别人。本文探讨了信任与冠状病毒大流行引起的感知不安全感之间的关系。通过观察社会信任(对陌生人的信任)和机构信任(对政府和公共医疗保健系统的信任),我们探讨了个人的信任与经济恐惧和健康恐惧之间是负相关还是正相关。利用德国2020年、2021年和2022年的面板数据,我们在横断面分析中发现,机构信任(而不是社会信任)因健康担忧而增强,因经济担忧而减弱。纵向分析表明,健康恐惧的变化——而不是经济恐惧的变化——增加了社会和机构的信任。我们的研究结果表明,只有对健康的担忧才足以威胁到安全与信任的紧密结合。
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期刊介绍: As an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural journal dedicated to advancing a cross-level, context-rich, process-oriented, and practice-relevant journal, JTR provides a focal point for an open dialogue and debate between diverse researchers, thus enhancing the understanding of trust in general and trust-related management in particular, especially in its organizational and social context in the broadest sense. Through both theoretical development and empirical investigation, JTR seeks to open the "black-box" of trust in various contexts.
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