Investigating the status of intra-group and extra-group social capital and demographic factors affecting it among students of Tehran University and University of Science and Research

The concept of social capital in social research has attracted the attention of many researchers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between contextual variables and social capital within and outside the group in students of Tehran University and research sciences.

This is a correlational study and the data were collected by survey method. The statistical population of the study was all students of the University of Tehran and Research Sciences in 1399. The sample size of this study was estimated using Cochran's formula 410 people. In order to collect research data, Rafiei et al.'s (2016) questionnaire and demographic information questionnaire were used. To analyze the data, SPSS software version 25 was used. In inferential statistics section, tests One-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient and independent t-test were used.

The results showed that social capital in this study is moderate with an average of 67.13. The average is intra-group social capital (36.67) and extra-group social capital (30.47). There was a significant difference between the variables of marriage, type of university, employment and age in the intra-group dimension; And in the extra-group dimension, there was a significant difference in the sex variable. There was no significant relationship between the variables of housing status and level of education and social capital in both intra-group and extra-group dimensions.

Considering the importance of both intra-group and extra-group social capital in students, in future planning, attention should be paid to the promotion of two dimensions of social capital.