A Study on the Impact of Social Trust on Veterans’ Subjective Well-Being

Wentian Wang; Yulian Yu; Hongmei Hang; Yaqian Chen; Jingyan Zhang

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A Study on the Impact of Social Trust on Veterans’ Subjective Well-Being

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Wentian Wang¹^{, *}, Yulian Yu¹, Hongmei Hang¹, Yaqian Chen¹, Jingyan Zhang¹

¹Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212000, China

^*Corresponding author. Email: 232211202221@stu.just.edu.cn

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Wentian Wang

Available Online 6 July 2026.

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Keywords: veterans; social trust; trust; well-being; multiple linear regression
Abstract: As veterans play a vital role in national defense, their social adaptation and well-being are critical issues in social governance. Based on data from the CFPS 2022, this study employs hierarchical linear regression analysis to examine the impact of four types of social trust—in parents, neighbors, local government officials, and doctors—on veterans’ subjective well-being, while controlling for psychosocial factors such as social connections and a sense of life’s meaning. The findings reveal that trust in parents and neighbors independently and positively predicts subjective well-being. Trust in doctors is explained by psychosocial factors, whereas trust in government officials has no significant effect. The study also found that psychosocial factors demonstrate stronger predictive power than social trust. Furthermore, the mechanisms through which different types of social trust influence well-being vary: trust in family and neighbors primarily exerts its effect through direct emotional influences, while trust in doctors relies on the mediating role of psychosocial factors.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2026 6th International Conference on Public Management and Intelligent Society (PMIS 2026)
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date: 6 July 2026
ISBN: 978-94-6239-721-7
ISSN: 2352-5401
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6239-721-7_15 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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