Facets of Trust and Mistrust

This volume brings together the current state of research on the highly relevant social issue of trust and mistrust. In this context, both research and transfer of knowledge play a vital role in addressing concrete social problems and in responding to broader societal challenges.

Two complex constructs: Trust and mistrust Trust research in the context of social problems and solutions Current contributions in psychological and pedagogical discourse

Autorentext

Dr. Martin K.W. Schweer is Professor at Faculty I, Educational and Social Sciences, at the University of Vechta. He heads the Department Educational Psychology and the associated Centre for Trust Research.

Inhalt

Central psychological correlates: Justice.- Loyalty.- Morality.- Resilience.- Self-confidence.- Fields of action: Family.- Early childhood education.- Child and youth welfare.- School.- Economy and administration.- Cultures of trust and mistrust.- Health and prevention: counselling and psychotherapy.- Medicine.- Religion and spirituality.- Sport.- Current social challenges: Demographic change.- Digitalisation and virtual worlds.- Political participation.- Social deviance and crime.