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Kvalitet eller kvantitet? Sociala relationers och interaktioners betydelse för tillit till polis

Evertsson, Elias LU and Crona, Katharina LU (2026) SOCK10 20261
Sociology
Abstract
A lot of previous research has studied the effect that social capital has on trust in the police and describe a person's social network as an important part in deciding the level of social capital, but none have analyzed social relationships and interactions by itself. This study examines the association between social relationships and interactions, generalized trust and trust in the police in contemporary Swedish society to understand how a person's social life may affect trust in the police. More specifically, the aim is to analyze whether different aspects of social life such as quality or quantity in relationships and interaction has an influence on trust in the police and whether or not generalized trust works as a mediating... (More)
A lot of previous research has studied the effect that social capital has on trust in the police and describe a person's social network as an important part in deciding the level of social capital, but none have analyzed social relationships and interactions by itself. This study examines the association between social relationships and interactions, generalized trust and trust in the police in contemporary Swedish society to understand how a person's social life may affect trust in the police. More specifically, the aim is to analyze whether different aspects of social life such as quality or quantity in relationships and interaction has an influence on trust in the police and whether or not generalized trust works as a mediating mechanism between them. The data that this study is based on is the 11th edition of the European Social Survey and the data is analyzed using multiple linear regression across three different models.

The results show that quality together with quantity in interpersonal relationships, in the form of more close ties to other people, has a positive influence on trust in the police, partly through generalized trust that works as a mediating mechanism and has a strong significant correlation to trust in the police. Other social aspects such as the number of people living in the respondent's household, or how often the respondent participates in social activities, does not impact the level of trust in the police. (Less)
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author
Evertsson, Elias LU and Crona, Katharina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOCK10 20261
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
trust, police, social relations, social interactions, generalized trust, social capital, legitimacy
language
Swedish
id
9243617
date added to LUP
2026-06-24 15:15:57
date last changed
2026-06-24 15:15:57
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  abstract     = {{A lot of previous research has studied the effect that social capital has on trust in the police and describe a person's social network as an important part in deciding the level of social capital, but none have analyzed social relationships and interactions by itself. This study examines the association between social relationships and interactions, generalized trust and trust in the police in contemporary Swedish society to understand how a person's social life may affect trust in the police. More specifically, the aim is to analyze whether different aspects of social life such as quality or quantity in relationships and interaction has an influence on trust in the police and whether or not generalized trust works as a mediating mechanism between them. The data that this study is based on is the 11th edition of the European Social Survey and the data is analyzed using multiple linear regression across three different models.

The results show that quality together with quantity in interpersonal relationships, in the form of more close ties to other people, has a positive influence on trust in the police, partly through generalized trust that works as a mediating mechanism and has a strong significant correlation to trust in the police. Other social aspects such as the number of people living in the respondent's household, or how often the respondent participates in social activities, does not impact the level of trust in the police.}},
  author       = {{Evertsson, Elias and Crona, Katharina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kvalitet eller kvantitet? Sociala relationers och interaktioners betydelse för tillit till polis}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}