Political trust is a mental mode that is base on
which a person will feel cooperation, compromise with other people in
their civil life; and indicate a person deep belief that other people
and social groups will help him in his political life. In the most
general explanation the political trust includes the following
components: trust toward managers and governmental agents, trust of
government to opinions of citizens, trust of citizens to sovereignty of
law, trust to rules of game (all accepted rules on behalf of political
rivals in the field of politics and competition), trust to political
rivals, trust to political institutions and trust of citizens to
outstanding people. In this dissertation political trust has been used
as means of limiting trust to political institutions, trust to managers,
governmental agents and trust to sovereignty of law. The theories of
political trust can be divided into two groups including cultural and
political that each has a micro and a macro aspect. In this research
the micro aspect of each of the aforesaid theories has been tested so
that it will clarify which of these theories can better explain the
political trust. Also in this research the relation between
religiousness and the political trust has been studied. to answer
these questions 3 specific hypothesis have been planned that are:
1- Hypothesis related to micro cultural theory:
people accept society who trust sensation is stronger in them, and show
more trust to political institution
-2Hypothesis related to micro institution theory:
the better the understanding of people from a political institution, the
higher their trust to that institution
-3Hypothesis related to the effect of religiousness
on political trust: those who are more religious their political trust
is higher
For testing these theories, a survey in a
statistical sample with 386 people that belong to statistical society of
students of Tehran University was conducted. Results of this research
showed that theories for micro institution political trust with Pearson
correlation coefficient of 0.75 and Spirman coefficient of 0.74 have got
more explanation strength in comparison to micro institution political
trust with Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.35 and Spirman
coefficient of 0.30; also our theory in relation to religiousness and
political trust have been certified. This relation has been certified
with Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.43 and Spirman coefficient of
0.45