The Effective Factors on the Formation of Social Trust (Case Study; students of Allameh Tabatabai and Tehran Universities)

Trust and trusting each other are key social concepts and elements in society. In a general meaning, trust may results in interaction with people and creation of social relations, also since trust goes beyond the family, relatives and friends, it can result in developing a trust network or trust radius. Trust is one of the significant aspects of human relations and paves the way for participation and cooperation among members of society; it is a fundament for the most of the daily individual and social interactions and communications in the human societies.This article is based on a survey research. The statistical society of the research is all undergraduate students in Faculty of Social Sciences of Allameh Tabatabai University and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Tehran University. After accomplishing the statistical calculations using the Cochran sampling formula, numbers of samples were defined 370. Analyzing the hypotheses shows that there are significant relations among level of using Internet and participation in peer and friendly groups in the virtual space, amounts of participation in scientific, literary and cultural associations, economic-social status and level of social trust. The regression analysis also shows that independent variables, in general, signify 51 percent of the changes of dependent variable.In conclusion social trust is one of the most important human demands. Thus, human relations can be considered as valuable capital. Besides gaining these capitals, we should always think of preserving these social capitals, as well as keeping them away from erosion over times.