Milesi, Alberto;
De Carli, Pietro;
Locati, Francesca;
Benzi, Ilaria MA;
Campbell, Chloe;
Fonagy, Peter;
Parolin, Laura;
(2023)
How Can I Trust You? The Role of Facial Trustworthiness in the Development of Epistemic and Interpersonal Trust.
Human Development
, 67
(2)
pp. 57-68.
10.1159/000530248.
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Abstract
Recently, researchers from developmental and clinical psychology highlighted epistemic trust (ET) as a key factor for personality disorders. ET is intended as the mental openness to information coming from others during social exchanges. ET develops from signals called ostensive cues, delivered through facial expressions during interactions in a secure attachment context. Similarly, interpersonal trust (IT) refers to the perception of others as not harmful, which is also developed through secure attachment relationships. Our purpose was to suggest a conceptualization of ET as a specific facet of IT. We hypothesize that positive experiences of caregiving promote IT development that includes a specific sense of trust toward others’ knowledge. Moreover, we suggest that the early ability to infer a judgment of trustworthiness from facial cues is the starting point for developing both IT and ET. This conceptualization supports the role of considering both IT and ET in the development of borderline pathology. Our purpose is to suggest a conceptualization of ET as a specific facet of IT. We hypothesize that positive experiences of caregiving promote IT development that includes a specific sense of trust toward others’ knowledge. Moreover, we suggest that the early ability to infer a judgment of trustworthiness from facial cues is the starting point for developing both IT and ET. This conceptualization supports the role of considering both IT and ET in the development of borderline pathology.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | How Can I Trust You? The Role of Facial Trustworthiness in the Development of Epistemic and Interpersonal Trust |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000530248 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1159/000530248 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Epistemic trust, Interpersonal trust, Facial trustworthiness, Borderline personality disorder |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165134 |
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