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By: Carla B. Goble
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education
Edited by: Donna Couchenour & J. Kent Chrisman
Subject:Early Childhood Education (general)
Keywords:attachment; caregiving; children; early childhood; early childhood education; psychosocial theories; trusts

Trust is having the belief that someone or something is reliable. It means having feelings of security, certainty, and confidence in the reliability, cooperativeness, and helpfulness of someone or something. This entry provides an overview of trust and how it relates to early childhood education.

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There are three types of trust: (1) Relational trust is having trust in a specific person, (2) generalized trust means trusting people in general, and (3) abstract trust is having trust in systems or abstract entities. The successful building of a trusting relationship between two people leads to the formation of relational trust. Over time, one-on-one trustful relationships result in feelings that are generalized to trusting others. The third type of trust results from a person’s experiences with societal systems, such ...

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  Goble, C. (2016). Trust. In D. Couchenour, & J. Chrisman (Eds.), The sage encyclopedia of contemporary early childhood education (pp. 1397-1398). SAGE Publications, Inc, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340333.n422
  
  Goble, Carla B. "Trust." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education, edited by Couchenour, Donna, and J. Kent Chrisman, 1397-98. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340333.n422.
  
  Goble, C. 2016. Trust. In: Donna Couchenour and J. Kent Chrisman Editors, 2016. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1397-1398 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340333.n422> [Accessed 14 Aug 2022].
  
  Goble, Carla B. "Trust." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education. Edited by Donna Couchenour and J. Kent Chrisman. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016, pp. 1397-98. SAGE Knowledge. 14 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483340333.n422.
  
  Goble, Carla B. (2016). Trust In: Couchenour, Donna, and J. Kent Chrisman (Eds.),Trust The sage encyclopedia of contemporary early childhood education Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc; 2016:1397-1398. doi:10.4135/9781483340333.n422
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