An effective way to test components of Relationship Theory is to take them out of
their framework and test them independently of the overall theory. While this has been
done with trust variables in the past, this is the first instance in which the trust
dimensions were tested using crisis scenarios. A crisis can bring about the best and
worst in people when it arises, similarly a crisis can also bring out the best and worst in
a theory. It can disprove a theory, at least disprove it as being applicable during a crisis
scenario. Or on the other hand, it can still remain a reliable theoretical foundation even
when tested in crisis scenarios.