{
  "creator": [
    "Steger, Diana",
    "Schütz, Astrid"
  ],
  "date": [
    "2025-07-16"
  ],
  "description": [
    "Trust in science is vital for informed decision-making and societal progress, especially in times of misinformation. Still, trust in science remains underexplored, particularly regarding its development and determinants. To address this gap, we developed a short scale suitable for longitudinal studies. In Study 1, data from 449 adults supported a 4-item unidimensional scale with excellent fit (CFI = .997, RMSEA = .046) and reliability (ω = .835). The scale was negatively correlated with Conspiracy Mentality (r = -.37) as well as Law-and-Order Beliefs (r = -.19). Study 2 (N = 298 parent-adolescent dyads) replicated the model fit and confirmed measurement invariance across age groups. A dyadic model revealed a strong parent-child correlation (r = .66). Men had higher scores than women. This scale provides researchers and policymakers with a robust tool for assessing trust in science across diverse settings and evaluating interventions to foster this resource."
  ],
  "format": [
    "application/pdf",
    "text/html",
    "text/xml"
  ],
  "identifier": [
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/16225",
    "10.5964/miss.16225"
  ],
  "language": [
    "eng"
  ],
  "publisher": [
    "PsychOpen GOLD / Leibniz Institut for Psychology (ZPID)"
  ],
  "relation": [
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/16225/16225.pdf",
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/16225/16225.html",
    "https://miss.psychopen.eu/index.php/miss/article/view/16225/16225.xml"
  ],
  "rights": [
    "Copyright (c) 2025 Diana Steger, Astrid Schütz",
    "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
  ],
  "source": [
    "Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences; Vol. 7 (2025); 1-16",
    "2523-8930",
    "10.5964/miss.v7"
  ],
  "subject": [
    "trust in science",
    "short scale construction",
    "conspiracy mentality",
    "latent variable modelling",
    "measurement invariance"
  ],
  "title": [
    "Assessing Trust in Science: Development and Validation of a Short Scale for Adolescents and Adults"
  ],
  "type": [
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/article",
    "info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"
  ]
}