Sociological study of the role of trust (public, interpersonal, and institutional) in citizens' commitment to civic duties and obligations in Kerman

Development in every society depends on social support. One of these types of support is social capital, an element of which is social trust. The overall goal of this research is to examine the role of interpersonal and institutional trust in citizens‟ commitment to civic duties and obligations in Kerman city. Statistical community included all the citizens over 15 years old in Kerman city and the sample size included 400 people. The research method was survey and the data were collected using a questionnaire and random sampling. According to the research results, social commitment predict citizens‟ commitment to civic duties and obligations and had an incremental impact. Moreover, institutional trust, religious participation, and value coordination between people and government positively predicted the citizens‟ commitment to civic duties and obligations and had incremental effects. There was no significant relationship between the dependent and independent variables.