the role of leisure time emphasis's on physical activities on social capital (social norms, participation) in faculty members of esfahan university of medical sciences

background : several studies have shown that physical activity and exercise in reducing stress, anxiety, depression and bad mood and increase feelings of revitalization of humor or mental health is associated with. social work sport and physical education in the development and strengthening social infrastructure and basic functioning of the whole structure of society and the relationships between social strata vahad significant effects on the leaves. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between sport and social capital in leisure time faculty members of isfahan university of medical sciences methods: descriptive correlation method is used in this study. two questionnaires are used for data collection. social capital questionnaire is based on scot model. also, leisure time questionnaire made by researcher which face and content validity of it was verified by experts. reliability coefficients by using cornbrash’s alpha coefficients were calculated at 0.92 and 0.82 respectively. sample populations measured by khan’s formula, they are 150 people that were selected as sample using multiple cluster sampling by taking the sex and college into consideration as variables. findings : the results showed that the average leisure time physical equivalent of 42/3 and social capital for individuals 3/47, respectively. regression analysis also showed that the combination of the components of social capital (trust and sharing) the amount and physical recreation are significant. (r = .602 / p = ./000) and multiple correlation coefficient, which combines elements of social capital and physical recreation .602 and the ratio of .362 is. the index shows that % 36/2 of the variance in scores on physical leisure, social capital can be described by a combination of factors, is the explanation. conclusion : exercise and physical activity in leisure time and individual participation in group activities and they provide conditions for membership till people interact and communicate with other people and a sense of belonging to the group collective interests and respect. such activities can increase the level of social capital and its components, such as, social norms and the participation. keyword: leisure, sport, social capital, trust and partnerships