Farzad ghafouri; Zahra Mohammadi
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The present study aims to make a comparison between the social capital and subjective well-being in elderly people who lead an active life with those with a non-active one with special emphasis on network-based physical activity. The study is a Casual-comparative cross sectional that implemented with ...
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The present study aims to make a comparison between the social capital and subjective well-being in elderly people who lead an active life with those with a non-active one with special emphasis on network-based physical activity. The study is a Casual-comparative cross sectional that implemented with survey method. Research population was over 60 years old elderly people (men and women) in Tehran which 305 person estimated by using Morgan sampling matrix and participated in with both multi stage cluster and Convenience sampling methods and using researchers-made questionnaire. The results of study indicate that there is significant difference between active and non-active elderly people in social capital and subjective well-being. The results of MANOVA showed significant difference between Network-based physical active older people with others in all aspects of social capital (trust, cohesion and participation) and subjective well-being (happiness, life satisfaction, desert, subjective security, emotions, relative comparison, interests and social perception). This study emphasizes on regular, organized and network-based physical activity in older ages.
Mojdeh Kiani; ali amini
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting social capital of users of Isfahan virtual networks using the survey method. In this study, social capital is in three dimensions (trust, relationship, public participation). It was examined by combining the views of Bourdieu, Coleman, ...
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting social capital of users of Isfahan virtual networks using the survey method. In this study, social capital is in three dimensions (trust, relationship, public participation). It was examined by combining the views of Bourdieu, Coleman, and Fukuyama. Sampling was done using cluster and random methods. Sample size is 400 people (200 men and 200 women) Isfahan Virtual Social Network users aged between 19 and 40 years were recruited. Questionnaire was used to collect data. The findings of this study showed that users spend up to one hour or two hours a day, 6 to 8 hours a week, and more than 8 hours a month using virtual social networks. The results showed that demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, and the extent to which virtual social networks are used affects three dimensions of social capital. Demographic characteristics of age, marital status, and ethnicity are more influential on the three indicators of social capital. It also has a significant impact on the use of virtual networks by users on social capital. According to the results of the path analysis, the most influence was on the trust index by the age variable. It also had the greatest impact on the index of relevance from the socio-economic status.
eshagh ghesarain; bhroz sepednameh
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This research investigates the extent of social capital and its indices among teachers in Ilam province. The Social capital indices which is developed and referred to in this study were social trust, social norms and social networks drawn from the study of the current literature and the social capital ...
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This research investigates the extent of social capital and its indices among teachers in Ilam province. The Social capital indices which is developed and referred to in this study were social trust, social norms and social networks drawn from the study of the current literature and the social capital theories. The research method used was survey. Stratified proportional to size sampling was used to select 350 teachers for the study. SPSS and Lisrel softwares were run to analyze the data. The statistical techniques applied for the analysis of the data were independent T. Test, One-way ANOVA , Scheffee Test and Correlation Coefficient . The findings of the study show that in a 5 point likert scale questionnaire ,the participants’ social capital was 2.9 ,their social trust was 3.2,the social norms was 2.8 and the social networks was 2.7.The average of the extent of the indices measured in the study was higher among teachers at primary school compared with their junior high school and high school counterparts. The analysis of the data testing the hypotheses of the study, further showed that there is a significant difference between the extent of the indices measured in the study among teachers at primary school and their junior high school and high school counterparts. The results also revealed that there is a significant difference between male and female participants of the study and the average extent of the social capital was higher among female teachers than the male teachers. The relationship among age, education degree and social capital was found to be significant.
sedamermasod shahramnei; behroz sadghiamroabadi; ali ebrahemi
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This research investigates the extent of social capital and its indices among teachers in Ilam province. The Social capital indices which is developed and referred to in this study were social trust, social norms and social networks drawn from the study of the current literature and the social capital ...
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This research investigates the extent of social capital and its indices among teachers in Ilam province. The Social capital indices which is developed and referred to in this study were social trust, social norms and social networks drawn from the study of the current literature and the social capital theories. The research method used was survey. Stratified proportional to size sampling was used to select 350 teachers for the study. SPSS and Lisrel softwares were run to analyze the data. The statistical techniques applied for the analysis of the data were independent T. Test, One-way ANOVA , Scheffee Test and Correlation Coefficient . The findings of the study show that in a 5 point likert scale questionnaire ,the participants’ social capital was 2.9 ,their social trust was 3.2,the social norms was 2.8 and the social networks was 2.7.The average of the extent of the indices measured in the study was higher among teachers at primary school compared with their junior high school and high school counterparts. The analysis of the data testing the hypotheses of the study, further showed that there is a significant difference between the extent of the indices measured in the study among teachers at primary school and their junior high school and high school counterparts. The results also revealed that there is a significant difference between male and female participants of the study and the average extent of the social capital was higher among female teachers than the male teachers. The relationship among age, education degree and social capital was found to be significant.
