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	Institutional Trust Scale	Social Cohesion Scale
分野	政治社会学	政治社会学
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	1975–2011	1997–2006
提唱者	David Easton, Marc Hetherington, Pippa Norris	Robert Sampson, Ray Forrest, Akhtar Kearns
種類	Self-report questionnaire	Self-report questionnaire
原典	Hetherington, M. J. (2005). Why trust matters: Declining political trust and the demise of American liberalism. Princeton University Press.	Sampson, R. J., Raudenbush, S. W., & Earls, F. (1997). Neighborhoods and violent crime: A multilevel study of collective efficacy. Science, 277(5328), 918-924.
別名	ITS, Institutional Confidence Index	SCS, Social Integration Index
関連	4	5
概要	The Institutional Trust Scale measures an individual's confidence and trust in formal political and social institutions including parliament, courts, police, media, and civil service. Distinct from generalized interpersonal trust, institutional trust reflects belief in the legitimacy, fairness, and effectiveness of formal organizations that structure governance and public life. Developed in political science by scholars including David Easton and Marc Hetherington, it is a key indicator of democratic health and governance legitimacy.	The Social Cohesion Scale measures the degree to which members of a community feel integrated, connected, and unified by shared values and mutual support. Developed across multiple traditions—notably by Robert Sampson and colleagues in criminology and urban sociology, and by Forrest & Kearns in housing research—it assesses both the structural glue (institutions, networks) and affective bonds (belonging, solidarity) that hold communities together.