Abstract
This article examines the question of appropriate individual-level predictors of generalised and 'neighbourly' cross-border trust in a general population survey in the adjacent border regions of Germany and the Czech Republic (N = 1129). It studies the impact of perceived economic, political, and spatial disintegration (as defi ned by Heitmeyer) and of self-enhancement mentalities (hierarchic self-interest, xenophobia) on generalised and particu- lar, in this case 'neighbourly' cross-border trust, as well as the interrelation of the two types of trust. In line with earlier studies in the fi eld, it emerged that, although being signifi cant predictors of trust, neither perceived disintegration nor self-enhancement mentalities predict generalised trust well. Less than 5% of the variance was explained. In conjunction with contextual predictors (con- tact density and historic narratives), generalised trust, however, was a very good predictor of cross-border trust.
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