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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol.

Sec. Cognitive Science

Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1651358

How and why humans trust: A metaanalysis and elaborated model

Provisionally accepted
Peter  HancockPeter Hancock1*Theresa  KesslerTheresa Kessler1Alexandra  D KaplanAlexandra D Kaplan1Kimberly  StowersKimberly Stowers1J  Christopher BrillJ Christopher Brill2Deborah  R BillingsDeborah R Billings3Kristin  E SchaeferKristin E Schaefer4James  L SzalmaJames L Szalma1
  • 1University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States
  • 2Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, United States
  • 3Broky Consulting LLC, Hillsboro, United States
  • 4US Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate, Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States

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Keywords: Trust, Dispositional trust, trustor, Trustee, Meta-analysis

Received: 21 Jun 2025; Accepted: 23 Jul 2025.

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* Correspondence: Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States

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