BACKGROUND Many studies suggest that social capital, defined as those intangible resources of a society or community (trust, participation and reciprocity), that might facilitate collective action, can be associated with positive health effects. AIM To explore the relationship between social capital an the level of mental health, in urban communities of Santiago, Chile. MATERIAL AND METHODS...

BACKGROUND Studies have suggested poorer health in the homosexual and bisexual groups compared to heterosexuals. Tobacco smoking, which is a health-related behavior associated with psychosocial stress, may be one explanation behind such health differences. Social capital, i.e. the generalized trust in other people and social participation/social networks which decreases the costs of social inte...

Studying the relationship between social capital and social security is special importance particularly for women in urban space to approach a sustainable urban society. The main aim of this paper is to survey the impact of social capital components on women in a neighborhood scale. The methodology of the research is based on descriptive-analytical methods by conducting a field study to complet...

in this study, the relationship between components of knowledge management on the basis of m. mc olrvy model and social capital has been studied, statistical population consisted of employees of ministry of energy, who were selected among employees of hamedan regional power and were 420 subjects. research tool is a questionnaire and spss statistical software is used for data analysis and struct...

As an important component in collaborative natural resource management and nonprofit governance, social capital is expected to be related to variations in the performance of land trusts. Land trusts are charitable organizations that work to conserve private land locally, regionally, or nationally. The purpose of this paper is to identify the level of structural and cognitive social capital amon...

Social capital of the most important concepts in the social sciences is growing and the scope of its application in other sciences is increasing. This concept represents a ring lost in development. Scientists believe that cure the problems of modern society. Social capital is closely associated with the quality of life. Research methodology in the research work and information requirements with...

W investigate the epistemology of trust in social networks. We posit trust as a special epistemic state that depends on actors’ beliefs about each others’ beliefs as well as about states of the world. It offers new ideas and tools for representing the core elements of trust both within dyads and larger groups and presents an approach that makes trust measurable in a noncircular and predictive, ...

The pattern of energy consumption is affected by social, economic and cultural conditions in society.  On the other hand, energy policy has been particularly important in recent years in terms of increasing the role of energy and the environment in the economic, political and social activities of different societies. The research method is survey. The statistical sample includes 120 citizens of...

regarding the undeniable role of women in the process of rural development on the one hand and their inappropriate situation in terms of the most indices of rural development on the other hands, rural women’s empowerment is essential. meanwhile, many researchers and scholars believe that social capital and its components play a key role. thus, the main purpose of this descriptive- correlative r...