â Although speculative at this point, we believe trust in national government is related to beliefs that institutions are already doing enough; whereas trust in local government (and greater contact with it) is related to beliefs that personal investment is safe and worthwhile.
Does #PoliticalTrust foster or hinder #volunteering?
đĄ We took a closer look at this, distinguishing between trust in local / national government
đ RI-CLPM with 3 waves, N = 5,039 UK respondents
Now published #openaccess in @spspnews.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1177/1948...
Results in a đ„:
đ Increases in LOCAL political trust are related to GREATER likelihood to volunteer three months later.
đ Increases in NATIONAL political trust are related to LOWER likelihood to volunteer three months later.
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đ New research shows that increased trust in local government is associated with a greater likelihood of volunteering, but an increase in national trust is related to a lower likelihood of volunteering.
Authors: Fanny Lalot + Dominic Abrams
Read more in #SPPS: https://ow.ly/Ukqt50XVLnU
At our #LabMeeting yesterday, we got to listen to @fannylalot.bsky.social from the University of Basel, who presented her interesting research on the influence of future consciousness on political engagement!âšâš
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"A lot of the crazy things that keep happening in the world actually can make a lot of sense once you start seeing it through that lens â people get in groups and then they do weird stuff."
Yeah that's what you get when you force me to face a camera đ #socialpsych #psychology #AcademicSky