Investigation on interpersonal trust among college students in Guangzhou

Objective To investigate the interpersonal trust among college students in Guangzhou and probe into the influential factors. Methods A total of 550 sophomores from universities in Guangzhou were measured by ITS, and all results were processed statistically with software of SPSS 11.0. Results ① The degree of Guangzhou college students' interpersonal trust was high. ② As to the interpersonal trust of the college students measured, the marks of the different groups of students in the same university also had a difference. ③ There was no difference between genders as far as interpersonal trust was concerned; ④ The groups from single-parent families and only-child families had higher SE of the mean. Conclusions The culture of college and construction of family influence the interpersonal trust. Gender is not the direct factor of interpersonal trust. College students from single-parent families and only-child families have different interpersonal trust with each other. It might attract relevant personage's attention.