Abstract
General beliefs about social world may be altered by the sensory impairment that potentially exposes blind or deaf individuals to exploitive behaviors of others, however research in this regard remains scarce and underpowered. I measured interpersonal trust and social exchange balance in blind (n = 99), deaf (n = 74) groups, and compared it with sighted (n = 97), hearing (n = 100) controls. In the analysis of variance age, socio-economic status, education, and social desirability bias were controlled. Results indicate elevated interpersonal trust in blind individuals and negative social exchange balance in deaf subjects. Although the lack of vision or audition is not universally compensated by the increased performance of the intact senses, blind individuals develop high interpersonal trust, possibly due to the increased performance in the sensory tasks relevant to the social life. Deafness is associated with negative social exchange balance, likely because of the feeling of isolation and stigma reported by deaf people.
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