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Does blindness influence trust? A comparative study on social trust among blind and sighted adults
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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:33 authored by Anna Oleszkiewicz, Katarzyna Pisanski, Agnieszka SorokowskaAlthough blind individuals must often rely on others to navigate their physical environment, recent studies concerning differences between blind and sighted persons in attributing social traits to others based on nonvisual cues remain inconclusive. Here we examined whether blind and sighted individuals vary in their level of social trust in others. One hundred and twenty-four healthy men and women participated in the study, including 32 congenitally blind, 27 late blind, and 65 sighted adult controls. We measured levels of social trust represented by two independent convictions, that people are exploitative, or dishonest. Linear mixed models showed no significant differences between sighted, late blind and congenitally blind individuals, indicating that visual deprivation does not predict level of trust in others. For both blind and sighted participants, the belief that people are exploitative was stronger than the belief that people are dishonest.
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Personality and Individual DifferencesISSN
0191-8869Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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111Page range
238-241Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2017-11-02First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-02-16First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2017-11-01Usage metrics
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