The Radius of Trust
Religion, Social Embeddedness and Trust in Strangers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3016076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M R Welch, Michael Welch (University of Notre Dame, corresponding author), David Sikkink (University of Notre Dame), Matthew T Loveland (Le Moyne College) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-46 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sof.2007.0116 |
| OpenAlex | W2161548194 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 94 |
| References cited | 57 |
Data from the 2002 Religion and Public Activism Survey were used to examine relationships among measures of religious orientation, embeddedness in social networks and the level of trust individuals direct toward others. Results from ordered logistic regression analysis demonstrate that Catholics and members of other denominations show significantly less trust in strangers than mainline Protestants, while older persons and those who are more trusting of acquaintances show greater trust. Although measures of personal religiosity and activity within a congregation show no statistically significant relationship to trust once important controls are taken into account, measures of embeddedness within secular social networks do
Embeddedness · Logistic regression · Religiosity · Social capital · Social science · Social trust · Sociology · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 94 |
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| Citations per year | 5,53 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 93 |