Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2010
Abstract
Two experiments provide support for the hypothesis that when people assess how much they trust another person, feelings of rightness from an initial, brief experience of regulatory fit (consistency between prevention or promotion regulatory focus of goals and strategic means) can suggest the other person is trustworthy, relative to feelings of wrongness from regulatory nonfit. This regulatory-fit effect on trust was stronger for acquaintances than for individuals participants knew well (Experiment 1) and was eliminated by drawing participants' attention to how right the earlier, trust judgment-irrelevant event made them feel (Experiment 2). Implications are discussed for regulatory-fit theory, possible applications to applied settings and to other populations, and possible effects of other types
Publication Name
Personal Relationships
Volume Number
17
First Page
57
Last Page
69
Issue Number
1
Recommended Citation
Vaughn, Leigh Ann; Harkness, Audrey R.; and Clark, Emily K., "The Effect of Subjective Experiences of Regulatory Fit on Trust" (2010). Psychology Department Faculty Publications and Presentations. 1.
https://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/psych_fac_pubs/1