Smiling and first impressions in ad hoc entrustment decisions: An avatar-based simulation study
We found that trustworthiness was linked to entrustment, which supports previous findings on trustworthiness as a person-related prerequisite for entrustment decisions. Internalized patterns of the DS did not influence the medical students' entrustment decisions in the first-impression situations. This suggests that in ad hoc medical entrustment scenarios, factors such as context or other aspects of a trustee's first impression may shape trustors' decisions.
Authors
- P. Reinert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1987-8775)
- Ann-Kathrin Schindler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2293-2357)
- Jasmin Rühl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1721-0640)
- Thomas Rotthoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-5941)
- Marco Kuchenbaur
- Moritz Bauermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5786-0149)
- Sarah Friedrich-Welz
- Miriam Kunz
- Elisabeth André
Institutions
- Technische Hochschule Augsburg (DE)
- University of Augsburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/zma001810
- Primary Topic
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00