The Relation of Social Capital with Mental Health in Women and Men

Intorduction: Mental health is the main part of social welfare and the social capital is an important variable for wellbeing and social health. Results of some studies show that، in Iran، women have higher level of psychological disorder and lower social capital than men. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between social capital and mental health in women and men. to analyze the relation، we implement a survey on a sample of 300 persons working for ministry of education. Was selected The instrument applied in this research was Goldberg mental health inventory. Three indicators including social confidence، social support and social participation applied to measure social capital. There was a significant relationship between social capital and mental health. Also there were significant differences between women and men. The finding of multiple regression showed that social participation، social support، personal trust، generalized trust، gender and age، explained %40 of mental health’s variance. Our findings determine gender-specific limitation of social capital as a resource for mental health. a Finding which needs more attention infuture studies.