Couch L L, Adams J M, Jones W H
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996, USA.
J Pers Assess. 1996 Oct;67(2):305-23. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6702_7.
The development of the Trust Inventory, a 40-item measure of trust in generalized others (Generalized Trust) and romantic partners (Partner Trust) is described. A third conceptualization of trust in friends and family members (Network Trust) is also discussed College students (N = 1,229) participated in five stages of test construction and validation. Results indicated that the Trust Inventory scales are reliable, both internally and temporally, and that the Partner Trust and Generalized Trust Scales demonstrate both concurrent and construct validity. The resulting inventory is unique in its capacity to assess these types of trust simultaneously. Evidence supporting the discriminant validity of the Network Trust was mixed, whereas factor analytic treatments of Trust Inventory items supported the distinctiveness of Network Trust as compared to Partner and Generalized Trust, the Network Trust Scale correlated to roughly the same degree as the other two scales with several variables of differential theoretical relevance. Thus, little evidence supporting the incremental validity of Network Trust was observed Discussion focuses on the evidence suggesting the validity of interpretations of Generalized and Partner Trust and considers the issue of additional research regarding Network Trust.
本文描述了信任量表（Trust Inventory）的编制过程，该量表包含40个项目，用于测量对一般他人的信任（广义信任）和对恋爱伴侣的信任（伴侣信任）。同时还讨论了对朋友和家庭成员信任的第三种概念化（网络信任）。1229名大学生参与了量表编制和验证的五个阶段。结果表明，信任量表在内部和时间上都是可靠的，伴侣信任量表和广义信任量表同时具有效标效度和结构效度。最终形成的量表在同时评估这些类型的信任方面具有独特能力。支持网络信任区分效度的证据不一，虽然对信任量表项目的因素分析处理支持网络信任与伴侣信任和广义信任的区别，但网络信任量表与其他两个量表在几个具有不同理论相关性的变量上的相关程度大致相同。因此，几乎没有证据支持网络信任的增量效度。讨论集中在支持广义信任和伴侣信任解释效度的证据上，并考虑了关于网络信任的进一步研究问题。
