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Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation

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Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation. / Welzel, Christian; Delhey, Jan.
In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 46, No. 7, 09.08.2015, p. 875-896.

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Welzel, C & Delhey, J 2015, 'Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 875-896. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022115588366

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Welzel, C., & Delhey, J. (2015). Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46(7), 875-896. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022115588366

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Welzel C, Delhey J. Generalizing Trust: The Benign Force of Emancipation. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 2015 Aug 9;46(7):875-896. Epub 2015. doi: 10.1177/0022022115588366

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abstract = "Trust in people is general insofar as it extends to out-groups, that is, unfamiliar and dissimilar others. But whether trust in out-groups can emerge independently from in-group trust is controversial, and conclusive evidence has been unavailable. This article fills this gap, analyzing which conditions create out-group trust independent from in-group trust. Using data from 76 countries around the world, we establish three insights. First, while a high level of in-group trust is the rule, out-group trust varies greatly across countries. Second, out-group trust emerges independent from in-group trust when human empowerment emancipates people from in-group control. Third, other conditions championed as trust-crediting forces do not confound the effect of human empowerment. In conclusion, trust generalizes to out-groups as a result of human empowerment{\textquoteright}s emancipatory impulse. ",
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