Does macro-level general trust influence second language communication?: targeting prefectural capitals

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the macro-level effects of general trust on second language willingness to communicate (WTC) among Japanese individuals residing in 20 prefectural capitals. Previous research has shown the impact of individual-level general trust on WTC; however, macro-level effec...

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Autores principales: Ito, Takehiko, Ueichi, Hideo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10496163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37697353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06484-y
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description OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the macro-level effects of general trust on second language willingness to communicate (WTC) among Japanese individuals residing in 20 prefectural capitals. Previous research has shown the impact of individual-level general trust on WTC; however, macro-level effects have not been explored. RESULTS: Multilevel analysis in this research revealed that individual- and prefectural capital-level general trust had a positive influence on WTC in English for Japanese people. Moreover, macro-level effects had a strong predictive power for WTC, thus, highlighting the potential of general trust to facilitate positive connections between people from different cultures.
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spelling pubmed-104961632023-09-13 Does macro-level general trust influence second language communication?: targeting prefectural capitals Ito, Takehiko Ueichi, Hideo BMC Res Notes Research Note OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the macro-level effects of general trust on second language willingness to communicate (WTC) among Japanese individuals residing in 20 prefectural capitals. Previous research has shown the impact of individual-level general trust on WTC; however, macro-level effects have not been explored. RESULTS: Multilevel analysis in this research revealed that individual- and prefectural capital-level general trust had a positive influence on WTC in English for Japanese people. Moreover, macro-level effects had a strong predictive power for WTC, thus, highlighting the potential of general trust to facilitate positive connections between people from different cultures. BioMed Central 2023-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10496163/ /pubmed/37697353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06484-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023, corrected publication 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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title_full_unstemmed Does macro-level general trust influence second language communication?: targeting prefectural capitals
title_short Does macro-level general trust influence second language communication?: targeting prefectural capitals
title_sort does macro-level general trust influence second language communication?: targeting prefectural capitals
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10496163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37697353
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