Interpersonal Trust During Childhood and Adolescence

by Edited by Ken J. Rotenberg

• ISBN13: 9780521887991
• ISBN10: 0521887992
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Since the beginnings of psychology as a discipline, interpersonal trust has been regarded as a crucial aspect of human functioning. Basic levels of interpersonal trust amongst people were believed to be necessary for the survival of society and the development of successful psychosocial functioning. Some research has shown that interpersonal trust is linked to physical health, cognitive functioning, and social functioning (including close relationships) across development. This book presents the current research in the growing field of interpersonal trust during childhood and adolescence (up to the onset of adulthood). It deals with the extent to which children and adolescents demonstrate the multiple facets of trust and trustworthiness, and how these multiple facets affect their social relationships with a wide range of social contacts: parents, peers, and social groups. It will be of interest to developmental, social, educational and clinical psychologists.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xiii
Conceptual foundations and issues	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The conceptualization of interpersonal trust: A basis, domain, and target framework	p. 8
Neurobiology of interpersonal trust	p. 28
Children's sense of trust in significant others: Genetic versus environmental contributions and buffer to life stressors	p. 56
Childhood	p. 85
Young children's trust in what other people say	p. 87
Social relation and mutual influence analyses of children's interpersonal trust	p. 110
Siblings and trust	p. 133
The role of promises for children's trustworthiness and honesty	p. 155
Liar liar! Pants on fire: Detecting the trustworthiness of children's statements	p. 177
Adolescence and early adulthood	p. 201
Trust, but verify: Knowledge, disclosure, and mothers' beliefs about adolescents' trustworthiness	p. 203
The role of trust in adolescent-parent relationships: To trust you is to tell you	p. 223
A new scale for the assessment of adolescents' trust beliefs	p. 247
A friend in need is a friend indeed: Exploring the relations among trust beliefs, prosocial tendencies, and friendships	p. 270
Promoting intergroup trust among adolescents and young adults	p. 295
Index	p. 322
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