This study is part of the growing literature on the effects on civic engagement of attitudinal
predictors, such as trust, along with structural predictors. Drawing data from the 2005 …

There is limited understanding of how attitudinal variables such as generalized trust
influence formal volunteering compared with demographic and socioeconomic variables …

Participation in voluntary associations is often believed to make citizens more trusting of
others. This paper reports longitudinal analyses of a time intensive form of participation …

Confidence in charitable organizations (charitable confidence) would seem to be an
important prerequisite for philanthropic behavior. Previous research relying on cross …

In this paper, we answer the question as to what extent donating to activist, interest, and
leisure organizations is affected by both individual and national levels of generalized and …

This article examines the association between trust, sense of community, and civic
engagement, with a particular focus on the socioeconomic characteristics of individuals …

Social capital theory expects volunteering to generate general social trust, while critics point
out that there is little evidence to support this claim. The purpose of this article is to show that …

Trust is a critical component of a healthy society. Understanding how trust develops is
important because trust helps foster positive democratic governance (Paxton 2002; Putnam …

Trust is assumed to be important for charitable giving. However, disparate associations have
been found, and recent theoretical approaches emphasize motives for giving that do not rely …

Generalized social trust has been argued to have positive effects for both individuals and
society, but despite solid theoretical arguments in favour of different contextual effects, the …