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标题：Measuring Institutional Trust: Evidence from Guyana
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作者：Troy Devon Thomas ; Koen Abts ; Koenraad Stroeken 等
期刊名称：Journal of Politics in Latin America
印刷版ISSN：1866-802X
电子版ISSN：1868-4890
出版年度：2015
卷号：7
期号：3
页码：85-115
语种：English
出版社：GIGA
摘要：Institutional trust is often measured by several items that are analyzed individually or as sum-scores. However, it is difficult to summarize the results of individual-items analyses, whereas sum-scores may be meaningless if the dimensions that the items are assumed to measure are not verified. Although these limitations are circumvented by using factor analysis, response styles may still bias research results. We use data from Guyana to show that a second-order factor model is appropriate for measuring institutional trust. We also demonstrate that response styles can inflate item and factor convergent validity and may either distort regression effects or create completely spurious ones. We therefore recommend using factor models with corrections for response styles in institutional trust research instead of sum-scores and individual-items analyses.
关键词：Guyana;response styles;trust;institutions;measurement error