Most Americans think that the country is politically divided and polarization will only get
worse, not better. Such perceptions of polarization are widespread, but we do not know …

Many immigrants experience discrimination. In this paper we consider how discrimination
affects their trust. We make a theoretical case for a formal mediation approach to studying …

Compared to previous generations, young adults today report lower levels of trust in
government, law enforcement, and their communities. This study investigates neighborhood …

Abstract In the United States, survey research and qualitative studies consistently find that
people of color—and Blacks in particular—report substantially lower levels of trust than do …

This study examines sexual minorities' participation in civic engagement using the theory of
social capital. The analysis of the data from a US national survey shows that sexual …

In the social sciences, trust scholars largely divide their interests between two streams of
research: one on generalized trust and one on particularized trust. While recent …

Following public debates on the topic of trust in Quebec, this article examines the alleged
social capital differential between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The literature has found …

The purpose of this article is to understand segregation consequences in one of the Tehran
metropolis neighborhood through studying the lived experiences of segregated individuals …

Building upon how experiential learning theory explains sources of generalized trust, this
study argues that discrimination experiences of others in individual's social network …

Generalized trust has been one of the most frequently examined constructs since
researchers first introduced measures of it in the 1940s. Despite its significance, there is a …