Social Capital Influence on Islamic Republic Soft security with Intermediate function of Religious Identity

 current research is investigating Social Capital Influence on Islamic Republic Soft security with Intermediate function of Religious Identity.

This research is survey-descriptive which is performed by field method. The Research Statistical population is Mazandaran state people, aged between 15 to 64 years old. Statistical sample is performed by random stratified Sampling method and through cluster division in west, east and central territories, in which 385 people were chosen by Cochran formula as sample. Used tools are standard questionnaire for social capital with 20 items and 2 self-made questionnaires for Religious Identity with 19 items and soft security with 18 items. Research stability has been studied by cronbach’s alpha method and validity studied by face and content validity. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistical methods, factor analysis technique and structural equations.

results shows that the path coefficient between social capital and religious identity is 0.61, between social capital and soft security 0.83 and also between religious identity and soft security is 0.52 which indicates effective variable high influence on dependent variables.

soft security as a multi-sect oral category requires recognition of effective dimensions and functions on it, so as a result the country should recognize effective components on soft security for improvement and act for social capitals development and at the same time use country capacities for development of community member's religious identity.