Home–School Interaction: A Vignette Study of Parents’ Views on Situations Relevant to Trust

Figures & data

Table 1. Reliability coefficients for the facets of trust (scales) within the interaction situations (Cronbach’s Alpha).

Facets of trust (scales)	Interaction situations
	Parents’ evenings	Parent-teacher conferences
Benevolence	0.62	0.71
Reliability	0.82	0.87
Competence	0.76	0.80
Openness	0.87	0.84
Honesty	0.85	0.85

Table 2. Facets of trustworthiness in the two interaction situations (results of a single-factor analysis of variance with repeated measures).

Interaction situation	Benevolence		Reliability		Competence		Openness		Honesty		F^a
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Parents’ evening	3.46	1.42	3.70	1.49	3.73	1.46	3.65	1.50	3.70	1.53	9.27***
Parent–teacher conference	3.87	1.48	4.00	1.52	3.48	1.56	4.01	1.47	4.20	1.51	60.47***

Dependent variables: situational relevance of trustworthiness (five facets).

Within-subjects factor: trustworthiness (levels to be compared: five facets).

***p < 0.001.

^aGreenhouse-Geiser correction.

Table 3. Facets of trustworthiness in the two interaction situations taking into account personal factors (results of a three-factor analysis of covariance with repeated measures).

Factor/covariate	Parents’ evening	Parent-teacher conference
	F^b	F^b
Trustworthiness^a	0.39	3.80**
Trustworthiness^a × gender	0.66	0.84
Trustworthiness^a × educational level	1.43	3.64**
Trustworthiness^a × generalized interpersonal trust	1.37	0.48

Dependent variables: situational relevance of trustworthiness (five facets).

**p < 0.01.

^aWithin-subjects factor: trustworthiness (levels to be compared: five facets); between-subjects factor: gender, educational level; covariate: generalized interpersonal trust.

^bGreenhouse-Geiser correction.

Figure 1. Facets of trust according to respondents’ educational level (arithmetical means).