Investigating the Effect of Institutional Trust on the Citizens' Quality of Life in Iran

Document Type : Independent Research Articles

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1 Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Department of Urban planning ,Faculty of Art & Architecture, University of kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

3 Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

4 Ph.D. Candidate of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

Abstract

Trust is one of the foundations of legitimacy and stability of political systems and affects people's reactions. On the other hand, life satisfaction can also increase the legitimacy of political regimes and strengthen democracy. The global ranking indicates that our country is not in a right place in terms of institutional trust. The amount of this type of trust has faced a significant decrease in ten years (2013-2023). We are also ranked 84th in terms of the global ranking of the quality of life. Therefore, one of the challenges we are facing is a decrease in institutional trust and the citizens' quality of life. Thus, the purpose of the current research is to explain the relationship between institutional trust and quality of life. The data of this study was collected from the world value survey (wave 7) and data processing was done using the structural equation method. The results indicate that the research hypothesis based on the effect of institutional trust on the citizens' quality of life is confirmed and institutional trust explains 22.9% of the variance of the quality of life variable.

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Urban Structure and Function Studies
Volume 11, Issue 40
2024
Pages 105-128

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  • Receive Date: 24 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 01 May 2024

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