The Impacts of Social Capital on the Sense of Security (Case study: Koohdasht County)

Social capital is one of the most important concepts that have a huge impact on all the social, economic and political aspects of communities. Therefore, it has attracted many scholars in different fields during the past few decades. Considering the impact of social capital on the individual sense of security can be one of the key factors in promoting the general sense of security among the human population. Therefore, this research attempts to analyze the relationship between social capital and the sense of security in the framework of existing viewpoints. The research method is descriptive-analytical; the required information and data were collected from library resources, and also through surveying 400 random samples in 2 cities and 10 villages in Koohdasht County. To measure the social capital, variables such as public trust, official trust, public participation and official participation were used and to measure the sense of security, variables like general sense of security, satisfaction with security authorities and fear of urban and rural spaces were considered. The results of the analysis indicate that there is a significant correlation between the variables of public trust, official trust and public participation and the sense of security, but there is no such significant correlation in terms of official participation. Also, the results show that there is a significant correlation between demographic characteristics (gender, age and education), the social capital and the sense of security.