A new scale for the assessment of adolescents' trust beliefs

Randall, Brandy A.; Rotenberg, Ken J.; Totenhagen, Casey J.; Rock, Monica; Harmon, Christina

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511750946.012

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“…The CTGSW scale demonstrated structural validity by its three‐factor structure (reliability, emotional, and honesty). It showed also acceptable internal consistency, given the limited number of items, with results similar to the other scales measuring trust in significant others from immediate and distal social environments (Randall et al, ; Rotenberg et al, ; Rotenberg et al, ; Rotenberg et al, ; Rotenberg, Petrocchi et al, ; Rotenberg, Woods et al, ).…”

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“…The BDT has served as the basis for developing several age‐appropriate scales measuring trust in others from the immediate social environment (Betts et al, ; Randall, Rotenberg, Totenhagen, Rock, & Harmon, ; Rotenberg et al, ) and from the distal social environment (Rotenberg et al, ; Rotenberg, Woods et al, ). From the immediate social environment, the children's generalized trust beliefs (CGTB) scale (Rotenberg et al, ) was developed for children aged 8–10 years and assesses trust beliefs in general figure of mother, father, teachers, and peers.…”

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Children's trust in social workers: Scale development and relations to Children's engagement with social workers

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Child & Family Social Work

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This research aimed to develop the children's trust in general social workers (CTGSW) scale. Psychometric properties, structural validity, construct, and concurrent validity of the scale were evaluated. Both linear and quadratic patterns between children's trust beliefs in social workers and their engagement with social workers were examined. A sample of 112 Italian vulnerable children (M = 11.4 years, SD = 1 month) were administered the Italian‐Children's Generalized Trust Beliefs scale, the CTGSW scale, and a measure of engagement with social workers. The CTGSW scale demonstrated the expected (a) structure validity; (b) acceptable psychometric properties; (c) construct validity by correlations with trust in significant others; and (d) concurrent validity by associations with children's engagement with social workers. Reliability and honesty bases of trust in social workers were associated with engagement with social workers. In comparison to the middle range, children who held very low trust in social workers demonstrated very low quality of relation with social workers. The pattern was asymmetrical. Children who held high trust beliefs in social workers demonstrated a modest decrease in quality of relation with social workers. The findings demonstrated validity and utility of the CTGSW and yielded support for the basis, domain, and target framework.

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Children's trust in social workers: Scale development and relations to Children's engagement with social workers

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“…The paper is composed of two studies. As we investigated adults, in the first study, we translated the Italian Adults’ Generalized Trust Beliefs (AGTB; Randall et al., 2010) scale, and we tested structural validity, construct validity, and stability. We expected the AGTB scale to have a three-factor structure (reliability, emotional trust, and honesty), acceptable internal consistency, stability over time, and construct validity via associations with ToM.…”

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Theory of Mind as a Mediator Between Emotional Trust Beliefs and Interpersonal Communication Competence in a Group of Young Adults

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Research has provided direct and indirect evidence of associations between trust beliefs and social-perceptual theory of mind (ToM) and between social-perceptual ToM and interpersonal communication competence during childhood and adolescence. This research (a) developed a scale for evaluating trust beliefs in young Italian adults (Study 1) and (b) examined how social-perceptual ToM mediates the relationship between emotional trust beliefs and interpersonal communication competences such as assertiveness and empathy (Study 2). In Study 1, a sample of 168 university students ( M = 23.3, SD = 3 months) completed the Italian Adults’ Generalized Trust Beliefs (AGTB) scale and two second-order false beliefs tasks. In Study 2, 318 Italian university students ( M = 22.96 years, SD = 2 months) completed the AGTB scale, the Experiences in Close Relationships-Revised questionnaire, the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test, and items measuring assertiveness and empathy. As expected, the AGTB scale exhibited acceptable internal consistency, structural validity, and construct validity. Furthermore, path analysis confirmed the existence of the hypothesized paths between adults’ emotional trust beliefs, social-perceptual ToM, assertiveness, and empathy. This study also identified the effects of gender on the other variables, but sex did not moderate the relationships between variables.

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“…Researchers have examined that aspect of the framework by developing age‐appropriate trust belief scales for young children (L. R. Bretts, K. J. Rotenberg & M. Trueman, unpublished), elementary school children (Rotenberg & Morgan 1995; Rotenberg et al . 2005) and adolescents (Randall & Rotenberg, in press). These scales have assessed the three bases/subscales of trust beliefs (Honesty, Emotional and Reliability) of children or adolescents in moderately general and familiar targets (i.e.…”

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