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The purpose of this study was to measure differences in governmental trust levels among adult Americans according to gender (male vs. female) and age group (20–39, 40–59, and over 60) as well as how those 2 variables interact. It was hypothesized that the interaction of age and gender would have a significant impact on the level of trust adult Americans place in their political institutions. A sample of 262 participants responded to 8 questions on the Trust Index Scale, and a 3 x 2 between-groups factorial ANOVA was used to analyze the results. No main effect on governmental trust was found for the 2 independent variables, but a significant interaction between age and gender was discovered, F(2, 256) = 4.64, p = .01, with a 95% CI [17.61, 18.81]. However, the effect size of this interaction was quite small (partial η2 = .04). Implications for the perceptual and relational approaches to trust are discussed. |
