Comparison of addicts personal/Social motives and social Capital among treatment groups in city of Isfahan

The Purpose of this article was comparison of addiction treatment motives and social capital among treating addicts at city of Isfahan. In this survey، statistical population consist of all addicts in city of Isfahan who were under treatment as member in Narcotics Anonymous. Therapeutic community، Methadone maintenance Therapy، and camps. Statistical sample included 300 addicts under treatment who were selected randomly based on type and place of treatment in 1388. Research instrument was a self-made questionnaire including three sections of intergroup، intergroup social capital and personal/social motives. Results from manova using spss 16 showed that there was significant difference between treatment samples based on official trust، informal trust (P. 05)، generalized trust، belonging and inter groups social capital (P. 01)، but there showed no difference among treatment samples interms of general trust، participation، and inter groups social capital. Findings showed that there was no significant difference among treatment sample with regard to social motives، but it was significant for personal motives (P. 01). In indices of formal trust، informal trust، inter group social capital، MM، and in participation indices، belonging and social motive، NA; and in intergroup social capital، TC had most average. In this research، history and type of possible past treatment were not studied، but it seems that are mostly personal. On this basis، individualism in community is prevailing while participation in social affairs is declining and social capital is not applied in treatment of addicts. Hence، there is need for planning and logical cooperation of different social organizations and institutions to pay more attention to social health and treatment. This article emphasize the role of non-government institution cooperation in developing social capital and their effect on preventing ways based on social approaches.