Abstract. We explored competing models using bifactor item response theory (IRT) analyses to determine the relationship between trait measures of trust, distrust, and suspicion. The model with a general factor for all three scales fits the data best. We explored the relationship of the emergent general factor by correlating it with two latent traits: Agreeableness and the Trust facet of Agreeableness. The exploratory findings showed evidence that the general factor from the best-fitting model was practically identical to the Trust facet of Agreeableness. We concluded that trait trust, distrust, and suspicion reside on a continuum represented by the general factor, which is dispositional trust.

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特质信任、不信任和怀疑的双因素模型

摘要。我们使用双因素项目响应理论 (IRT) 分析探索了竞争模型，以确定信任、不信任和怀疑的特征测量之间的关系。具有所有三个尺度的一般因子的模型最适合数据。我们通过将涌现的一般因素与两个潜在特征相关联来探索它的关系：宜人性和宜人性的信任方面。探索性发现表明，最佳拟合模型的一般因素实际上与宜人性的信任方面相同。我们得出结论，特质信任、不信任和怀疑存在于由一般因素（即性格信任）所代表的连续统一体上。