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Allmän tillit och oro för terrorism: En kvantitativ sambandsstudie
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology, Pedagogy and Sociology.
University West, Department of Social and Behavioural Studies, Division of Psychology, Pedagogy and Sociology.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Generalized trust and concern for terrorism : A quantitative correlation study (English)
Abstract [en]

Generalized trust has been named by many social scientists as part of the very fabric of democratic life –when citizens trust each other, it makes for a safer, more prosperous, and more open society. Previous research has identified how concern of terrorism might be negatively correlated with this type of trust; suggesting that it might have a damaging effect on the health of democracy. Using representative data from the 2019 national SOM-survey we test the relationship between social trust and fear of terrorism using multiple linear regression-analysis. Our result showed a weak, but statistically robust, negative correlation between the two variables (r = -.16, p < .001), which means that people who are more afraid of terrorism tend to put less trust in fellow citizens and vice versa. We discuss the implications of our results in the light of social capital theories by James S Coleman, Robert Putnam, and Bo Rothstein.

Abstract [sv]

Allmän tillit har av många samhällsforskare kallats för en av grundstenarna i det demokratiska samhället – när medborgare litar på varandra blir samhällen mer säkra, välmående och öppna. Tidigare forskning har identifierat hur oro för terrorism korrelerar negativt med denna form av tillit, vilket kan innebära en påverkan på demokratins hälsa. Utifrån representativa data från 2019 års nationella SOM-undersökning undersöker vi sambandet mellan oro för terrorism och allmän tillit genom en multipel linjär regressionsanalys. Våra resultat visar en svag men statistiskt robust negativ korrelation mellan variablerna (r =-.16, p < .001), vilket innebär att människor som känner större oro över terrorism tenderar att lita mindre på andra medborgare, och vice versa. Vi diskuterar implikationerna av detta resultat utifrån teorier om det sociala kapitalet av James S Coleman, Robert Putnam och Bo Rothstein.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 31
Keywords [en]
rust, fear, social capital, SOM-Survey, quantitative study, concern, terrorism.
Keywords [sv]
Terrorism, tillit, oro, rädsla, socialt kapital, SOM-undersökningen, kvantitativ metod.
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Sociology Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18107Local ID: EXM304OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18107DiVA, id: diva2:1635306
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Sociology
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Sociologi
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Available from: 2022-02-07 Created: 2022-02-05 Last updated: 2022-02-07Bibliographically approved

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