Związek miedzy sieciami społecznymi a zaufaniem społecznym - mechanizm wzajemnego wzmacniania?

• Authors: Katarzyna Growiec

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THE RELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL CAPITAL AND SOCIAL TRUST - A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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This paper presents empirical evidence suggestive of the existence of a mutually reinforcing relationship between social capital and trust. Using cross-sectional data from the Polish General Social Survey 2002, as well as longitudinal data from the Social Diagnosis 2000-2007, it was shown that individuals re-create their patterns of social ties through their norms of trust. People who formed ties solely with their kin were convinced that they can trust only a few people in the world while those with both kin and non-kin mem- bers in their social networks were more inclined to believe in the benign naturę of humanity. These results, derived from cross-sectional data, are confirmed by the panel dataset which we use also for proving the converse hypothesis: people with higher levels of trust are more likely to form social ties with the non-kin. These findings are especially pertinent to Poland, a post-communist country seeking to build a civil society - social networks based on kin members combined with Iow levels of generał social trust can be a major obstacle in developing a civil society here.

Keywords

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BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL TRUST; POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; PANEL DATA

• Publisher: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Psychologii Społecznej, Warszawa, Poland
• Journal: Psychologia Społeczna
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1-2(10)
• Pages: 55-66

Contributors

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Katarzyna Growiec

• Katedra Psychologii Osobowości, Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland