Trusting others - How parents shape the generalized trust of their children

Comparative Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-314

  Stolle, Dietlind ^a   Nishikawa, Laura ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MSCI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

child victimization; children's trust; generalized trust; social capital; socialization; stranger abduction

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIALISM;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959558562     PISSN: 15691322     EISSN: 15691330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156913311X566599     Document Type: Article

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