The General Social Trust scale is an 8-item measure designed to assess an individual’s general level of trust in other people.
High Psychometric Score
Response Options:
Five-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
The overall trust score is obtained by adding the scores for the eight items: 8 is the most trusting, 40 is the least trusting.
PRIMARY CITATION:
Yamagishi, T. (1988). The provision of a sanctioning system in the United States and Japan. Social Psychology Quarterly, 265-271. https://doi.org/10.2307/2786924
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-Retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Total Score: 5.50/8 Points (HIGH)
For more details, see Scoring Methodology