The present study is a systematic literature review research of psychological antecedents of consumer trust in consumer to consumer (C2C) e-commerce. After conducting a literature search in 5 electronic databases (ScienceDirect, ResearchGate, GoogleScholar, Garuda and Psycnet), authors found 10 articles published between 2009 and 2020. The review revealed several psychological antecedents of consumer trust in C2C, there are perceived of website quality, natural propensity to trust, trust among members in C2C community, other's trust of buyer/seller, virtual community quality, perceived risk, perceived security protection, perceived privacy protection, cognitive trust, technology readiness, and fear of opportunism. In conclusion, psychological antecedents have the most important part in C2C. These results provide new insights toward theoretical understanding, and also provide useful guidance for C2C web providers.
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