Different Developmental Pathways from Parental Warmth to Adolescents' Trust in Peers and Politicians: Mediating Roles of Adolescent-Parent Attachment and Belief in a Just World
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Social Justice Research |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11211-016-0258-x |
| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | Adolescent-parent attachment; Belief in a just world; Parenting; Peer trust; Political trust |
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| Description | The development of trust has its origin in parenting. However, it can be misleading to lump together all types of trust and to suppose that they are formed through similar developmental processes. Therefore, this research examined different developmental pathways of adolescents' trust in individuals close to them (peers in this study) and those that are distant (politicians in this study). The study used longitudinal data collected from Czech adolescents (N = 904; 50 % of the participants were females). When adolescents were 13 years old, they and their parents reported parental warmth. Adolescents rated their trust in their parents and their beliefs in a just world at age 15 as well as their trust in peers and politicians at age 17. Both maternal and paternal warmth predicted adolescents' trust in their parents, which in turn led to later trust in peers but not to later trust in politicians. However, maternal and paternal warmth only predicted their trust in politicians through the mediation of their personal belief in a just world. Our findings highlighted that although parents are important in the development of adolescents' trust, mediating pathways differ depending on the types of relationships involved. |
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