The Role of Individual and Collective Components on the Formation of Social Trust in Secondary High School Students

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of individual and collective components on the formation of social trust in high school students. Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and mixed in terms of implementation method (qualitative and quantitative). The research population was in the qualitative part of experts, experts and specialists in the field of education and in the quantitative part of the principals and deputies of the second year of high school in Tehran in the academic year 2019-2020, whose number was 380. The research sample in the qualitative part according to the theoretical saturation principle was 15 people who were selected by purposive sampling method and in the quantitative part according to Cochranchr(chr('39')39chr('39'))s formula were 190 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. To collect the data, review of research texts and literature, semi-structured interview and researcher-made questionnaire (110 items) were used. The validity of the interview was confirmed by a review of 10 faculty members and its reliability was calculated by 0.86 internal content agreement coefficients. / 0 was obtained. Data were analyzed in SPSS and AMOS software by content analysis, factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings: Findings showed that in the formation of social trust, two components, individual and collective, played a role. Determination, self-control and collective component had nine dimensions of social commitment, social participation, social support, social respect, and social discipline, loyalty to values, behavioral validity, social development and friendly relations. Conclusion: The results showed that individual and collective components played an effective role in the formation of social trust in high school students.