Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust
In the trust–health relationship, how trusting other people in society may promote good health is a topic often examined. However, the other direction of influence—how health may affect trust—has not been well explored. In order to investigate this possible effect, we employed the Bayesian Mindspong...
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| author | Quan-Hoang Vuong Phuong-Loan Nguyen Ruining Jin Minh-Hoang Nguyen Tam-Tri Le |
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| description | In the trust–health relationship, how trusting other people in society may promote good health is a topic often examined. However, the other direction of influence—how health may affect trust—has not been well explored. In order to investigate this possible effect, we employed the Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics to go deeper into the information processing mechanisms underlying the expressions of trust. Conducting a Bayesian analysis on a dataset of 1237 residents from Cali, Colombia, we found that general health status is positively associated with generalized trust, but recent experiences of illnesses/injuries have a negative moderating effect. Personalized trust is largely unchanged across different general health conditions, but the trust level becomes higher with recent experiences of illnesses/injuries. Psychophysiological mechanisms of increasing information filtering intensity toward unfamiliar sources during a vulnerable state of health is a plausible explanation of found patterns in generalized trust. Because established personal relationships are reinforced information channels, personalized trust is not affected as much. Rather, the results suggest that people may rely even more on loved ones when they are in bad health conditions. This exploratory study shows that the trust–health relationship can be examined from a different angle that may provide new insights. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-866c1c9c1d6641febdee0321638ab0672023-11-19T08:10:05ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322023-08-011117237310.3390/healthcare11172373Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized TrustQuan-Hoang Vuong0Phuong-Loan Nguyen1Ruining Jin2Minh-Hoang Nguyen3Tam-Tri Le4Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 100803, VietnamSpanish Department, Hanoi University, Hanoi 100000, VietnamCivil, Commercial and Economic Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, ChinaCentre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 100803, VietnamCentre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 100803, VietnamIn the trust–health relationship, how trusting other people in society may promote good health is a topic often examined. However, the other direction of influence—how health may affect trust—has not been well explored. In order to investigate this possible effect, we employed the Bayesian Mindsponge Framework (BMF) analytics to go deeper into the information processing mechanisms underlying the expressions of trust. Conducting a Bayesian analysis on a dataset of 1237 residents from Cali, Colombia, we found that general health status is positively associated with generalized trust, but recent experiences of illnesses/injuries have a negative moderating effect. Personalized trust is largely unchanged across different general health conditions, but the trust level becomes higher with recent experiences of illnesses/injuries. Psychophysiological mechanisms of increasing information filtering intensity toward unfamiliar sources during a vulnerable state of health is a plausible explanation of found patterns in generalized trust. Because established personal relationships are reinforced information channels, personalized trust is not affected as much. Rather, the results suggest that people may rely even more on loved ones when they are in bad health conditions. This exploratory study shows that the trust–health relationship can be examined from a different angle that may provide new insights.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/17/2373generalized trustpersonalized trusthealth conditioninformation processingBayesian Mindsponge Framework |
| spellingShingle | Quan-Hoang Vuong Phuong-Loan Nguyen Ruining Jin Minh-Hoang Nguyen Tam-Tri Le Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust Healthcare generalized trust personalized trust health condition information processing Bayesian Mindsponge Framework |
| title | Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust |
| title_full | Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust |
| title_fullStr | Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust |
| title_short | Trust Is for the Strong: How Health Status May Influence Generalized and Personalized Trust |
| title_sort | trust is for the strong how health status may influence generalized and personalized trust |
| topic | generalized trust personalized trust health condition information processing Bayesian Mindsponge Framework |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/17/2373 |
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