Voluntary association involvement and trust: addressing the causal relationship

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dc.contributor.authorHazemi, Leila
dc.contributor.supervisorBaer, Doug
dc.date.accessioned2008-04-29T21:20:26Z
dc.date.available2008-04-29T21:20:26Z
dc.date.copyright2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008-04-29T21:20:26Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Sociologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, research has come to focus on the empirical relationship between trust and voluntary association involvement within social capital literature. Scholars have explored the question of whether trust can be implicated as a cause, or as an effect of voluntary association involvement. In the same way, others have found evidence to support the claim that voluntary association involvement leads to increased levels of trust. The focus of this study is to examine the relationship and causal direction, if any, between trust and voluntary association involvement, using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) 1990 through to 2004. Findings indicate that a reciprocal relationship exists between trust and voluntary association involvement. Results show that voluntary association involvement leads to an increased sense of trustworthiness of others. At the same time, causal links from generalized trust to voluntary association involvement were found to be significant. In addition, findings also suggest that type of voluntary association is a significant factor in the relationship between trust and voluntary association involvement.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/919
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectSocial Capitalen_US
dc.subjectTrusten_US
dc.subjectVoluntary Associationen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociologyen_US
dc.titleVoluntary association involvement and trust: addressing the causal relationshipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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