Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale

The significance that trust has in social exchange relationships has led to a growing amount of literature dealing with this phenomenon at a theoretical and an applied level. With the aim of conducting trust research by means of an instrument with established reliability and validity, the General Tr...

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Main Authors: Alejandra Montoro, Pei-Chun Shih, Marta Román, Agustín Martínez-Molina
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Language:English
Published: Servicio de Publicaciones 2014-01-01
Series:Anales de Psicología
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spelling doaj-f0c708cb9aa04b64bfd3edb113ce70612020-11-24T21:25:56ZengServicio de PublicacionesAnales de Psicología0212-97282014-01-0130130230710.6018/analesps.30.1.122471S0212-97282014000100032Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust ScaleAlejandra Montoro0Pei-Chun Shih1Marta Román2Agustín Martínez-Molina3Universidad Autónoma de MadridUniversidad Autónoma de MadridUniversidad Autónoma de MadridUniversidad de TalaThe significance that trust has in social exchange relationships has led to a growing amount of literature dealing with this phenomenon at a theoretical and an applied level. With the aim of conducting trust research by means of an instrument with established reliability and validity, the General Trust Scale (Yamagishi & Yamagishi, 1994) was translated into Spanish. The sample comprised 626 participants. Results indicate that the Spanish adaptation has satisfactory psychometric properties: test's reliability (α = .862) and ítems' discrimination (a ≥ 1.58). There was no differential ítem functioning regarding the participants' gender, but differences aroused as regards to their age. The relationship with several dispositional and behavioral variables was assessed, being significant its correlation with Agreeableness (r = .376) and, for the women, also with Openness to Experience (r = .135).http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-97282014000100032&lng=en&tlng=enPersonalidadconfianzaYamagishiCinco Grandesbúsqueda de sensaciones
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Marta Román
Agustín Martínez-Molina
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Pei-Chun Shih
Marta Román
Agustín Martínez-Molina
Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale
Anales de Psicología
Personalidad
confianza
Yamagishi
Cinco Grandes
búsqueda de sensaciones
author_facet Alejandra Montoro
Pei-Chun Shih
Marta Román
Agustín Martínez-Molina
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title Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale
title_short Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale
title_full Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale
title_fullStr Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale
title_full_unstemmed Spanish adaptation of Yamagishi General Trust Scale
title_sort spanish adaptation of yamagishi general trust scale
publisher Servicio de Publicaciones
series Anales de Psicología
issn 0212-9728
publishDate 2014-01-01
description The significance that trust has in social exchange relationships has led to a growing amount of literature dealing with this phenomenon at a theoretical and an applied level. With the aim of conducting trust research by means of an instrument with established reliability and validity, the General Trust Scale (Yamagishi & Yamagishi, 1994) was translated into Spanish. The sample comprised 626 participants. Results indicate that the Spanish adaptation has satisfactory psychometric properties: test's reliability (α = .862) and ítems' discrimination (a ≥ 1.58). There was no differential ítem functioning regarding the participants' gender, but differences aroused as regards to their age. The relationship with several dispositional and behavioral variables was assessed, being significant its correlation with Agreeableness (r = .376) and, for the women, also with Openness to Experience (r = .135).
topic Personalidad
confianza
Yamagishi
Cinco Grandes
búsqueda de sensaciones
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