Table_1_Development and validation of the ethnic trust scale in China.docx

BackgroundConsiderable research has shown that ethnic trust reflects the existence of friendly relations among all ethnic groups and ethnic individuals, and can help in resolving ethnic conflicts and contradictions, promoting exchanges among various ethnic groups, which is highly relevant to social stability.
MethodsThis research, including three studies, aimed to explore the conceptual structure of ethnic trust in China, and develop and validate a measurement of the ethnic trust scale. In the first study, we used free association and in-depth interview methodology, applied cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling analysis, and grounded theory to construct the theoretical framework of Chinese people’s ethnic trust concept. In the second study, we constructed an initial inventory based on the concept dimensions of ethnic trust established in the first study. We screened items by item analysis and extracted common factors using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), thus determining a total of 48 items in the two subscales (interpersonal-oriented ethnic trust subscale and the intergroup-oriented subscale), which consisted of two dimensions including particular trust and universal trust. In the third study, we used first-and second-order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test the scale’s construct validity.
ResultsThe results indicated a good fit between the two-factor model and the data. And the ethnic trust scale showed very good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha >0.89) and test-retest reliability >0.70.
DiscussionBased on our results, have formed a ethnic trust scale by keeping 48 items, which can beused to measure the levels of interpersonal-oriented and group-oriented ethnic trust within the Chinese cultural context.

研究背景：大量研究表明，族群信任（ethnic trust）体现了各民族及个体间的友好关系，有助于化解民族冲突与矛盾、促进各族群间的交流互动，与社会稳定息息相关。
研究方法：本研究包含三项子研究，旨在探索中国语境下族群信任的概念结构，并编制并验证族群信任量表的测量学属性。第一项子研究采用自由联想与深度访谈法，结合聚类分析、多维尺度分析与扎根理论，构建了中国人族群信任概念的理论框架。第二项子研究基于第一项子研究确立的族群信任概念维度，编制初始题项池；通过项目分析筛选题项，并采用探索性因素分析（Exploratory Factor Analysis, EFA）提取公因子，最终确定包含2个维度（特殊信任与普遍信任）、2个分量表（人际导向型族群信任分量表与群际导向型分量表）共48个题项的量表结构。第三项子研究采用一阶与二阶验证性因素分析（Confirmatory Factor Analysis, CFA）检验量表的结构效度。
研究结果：结果显示，双因素模型与实测数据拟合良好；族群信任量表具有极佳的内部一致性（克龙巴赫α系数>0.89）与重测信度（>0.70）。
讨论与结论：基于本研究结果，最终保留48个题项，编制出族群信任量表，可用于测量中国文化语境下人际导向型与群际导向型族群信任水平。