Changes in late adolescents’ trust before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shanshan Bi; Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik; Marlies Maes; Jian Bin Li; Catrin Finkenauer; Gonneke Stevens

doi:10.1080/02673843.2022.2106144

Changes in late adolescents’ trust before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shanshan Bi^*, Asuman Buyukcan-Tetik, Marlies Maes, Jian Bin Li, Catrin Finkenauer, Gonneke Stevens

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Abstract

Trust is crucial to the public’s compliance with policies and rules released by governments, particularly in times of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, it remains unclear whether and to what extent late adolescents’ interpersonal and institutional trust fluctuated from the pre-COVID-19 pandemic to the lasting phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study uses three-wave longitudinal data from the Youth Got Talent (YGT) project to address this gap (n = 1,423; 43% boys; M_age₌ 17.85, SD = 1.95). Latent basis growth curve models showed that interpersonal trust remained relatively stable over time. In contrast, institutional trust temporarily increased from pre-COVID-19 pandemic (Fall 2019) to the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (Spring 2020) and subsequently, decreased during the lasting phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (Fall 2020). These results enhance our understanding of trust among late adolescents and have implications for policies aiming to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	385-399
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2022.2106144
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2022

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coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
institutional trust
interpersonal trust
Late adolescents

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