Trust as a Factor of Subjective Life Satisfaction

Ann Mironova ()

HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics

Abstract: This paper analyses the relation between trust as the element of social capital and individual subjective life satisfaction. It answers the question of whether trustful people are happier than suspicious people. Using the concept of social capital, we consider three main types of trust: general, institutional and social. The article estimates the level of trust in Russia using data from value research in two federal districts in Russia. This research was conducted by the Centre for Comparative Social Research in summer 2012. The main hypothesis, that there a positive relationship between the level of trust and subjective life satisfaction, was tested using the method of structural equation modelling.

Keywords: social capital; trust; subjective life satisfaction. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2015
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Published in WP BRP Series: Science, Psychology / PSY, October 2015, pages 1-23

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