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Trust is your assumption that another person will be honest and reliable, combined with your willingness to depend on them based on that belief. It matters because without trust, cooperation becomes difficult and relationships—whether personal, professional, or social—can't function effectively.
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Research
563,300 papers- Keys to Trust-Building with Patients.Journal of Christian nursing : a quarterly publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship · 2021Shanahan T, Cunningham JDOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000823
- Promoting Trust in the Registered Nurse-Patient Relationship.ReviewHome healthcare now · 2016Leslie JL, Lonneman WDOI: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000000322
- Trust in early childhood.ReviewAdvances in child development and behavior · 2020Markson L, Luo YDOI: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2020.01.005
- The relationship of trust and dependence.ReviewErgonomics · 2024Patton CE, Wickens CDDOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2342436
- The Relationship Between the Physician-Patient Relationship, Physician Empathy, and Patient Trust.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Wu Q, Jin Z, Wang PDOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07008-9
- Intellectual humility and trust.ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology · 2026Porter T, Bowes S, Koetke J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102231
- Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and trust: A systematic review.Health care management review · 2024Porter TH, Peck JA, Thoebes GDOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000405
- Trust, trustworthiness and health.Indian journal of medical ethics · 2015Dawson ADOI: 10.20529/IJME.2015.040
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Encyclopedic overview
Trust in others in Europe in 2015 Country-level estimates of trust in 2018 Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" in 2014
Trust is the belief that another person will do what is expected and is built through repeated consistency. It brings with it a willingness for one party (the trustor) to become vulnerable to another party (the trustee), on the presumption that the trustee will act in ways that benefit the trustor. In addition, the trustor does not have control over the actions of the trustee; however, those actions influence the trustor's positive, neutral, or negative evaluations regarding the trustworthiness of the trustee. Scholars distinguish between generalized trust (also known as social trust), which is the extension of trust to a relatively large circle of unfamiliar others, and particularized trust, which is contingent on a specific situation or a specific relationship.
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