Social capital is as a kind of capital accumulation that causes social solidarity, social commitment and thus improves self-esteem and social health. Erosion of social capital and the turmoil at the macro and micro levels lead to a variety of social and psychological issues and damages. This study aims to investigate the impact of social capital (in-group and out-group) on the mental health of...

In this paper, we study relation and impact of social capital on organizational commitment among staffs of Islamic Azad University, Branch of Ayatollah Amoli. The data required were collected by using field (survey) research method and the questionary tool. Statistical population was included 152 subjects that 108 subjects were selected based on Morgan table. The descriptive results show that c...

BACKGROUND To examine the association between individual-level social capital and physical activity. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In February 2009, data were collected in a population-based cross-sectional survey in Okayama city, Japan. A cluster-sampling approach was used to randomly select 4,000 residents from 20 school districts. A total of 2260 questionnaires were returned (response rat...

the most common and probable starting point in the literature for definition of quality of life (qol) was generally attributed to a warning that the area would be full of confusion and complexity. the study results showed that qol of rural households can be categorized into three main groups: low, medium, and high. besides, it suggests that there is no significant relationship between the qol a...

This research aimed at investigating the role of social capital on the rights and duties of citizenship among master students of Marvdasht Islamic Azad University. 353 students were surveyed using cluster sampling. The study made use of two questionnaires of citizenship and social capital corporation. This instrument benefited from face and structural validity and the reliability index was repo...

the present research seeks to investigate the effects of religiousness on the social capital of families residing in qom. it is an applied kind of research conducted through using documentary and survey methods. the statistical population has been 160565 households living in qom. based on cochran's formula, the sample size was determined to be 376 households which finally it was decided to...

The introduction of ePortfolio by most universities circa 2006 was to respond to stakeholders claims and demands that graduates were lacking in generic skills. Hence the main objective of the usage of eP among undergraduates was to document their acquirement of generic skills. One such project in Malaysia however did not achieve much success. The authors believe that the process of acquiring ge...

goal: consequences of social capital in recent years has been much attention, however, little research has been about its relationship to job satisfaction. the main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital and job satisfaction of teachers of physical education of hamedan province. method: this research uses descriptive - correlational questionnaire was co...