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; Mage= 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 | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Aug 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:was obtained by G.W.J.M. Stevens from the Covid-19 fund of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding
was obtained by G.W.J.M. Stevens from the Covid-19 fund of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Keywords
- coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
- institutional trust
- interpersonal trust
- Late adolescents
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