Relationship between Social Capital and Mental Health

The focus on social capital in recent years has been based on the effect of this capital on producing and increasing the human capital and also improving the level of general health in the society. The social capital is discussed as a potential in successful social welfare programs and general health; and for the same reason، a specific place has been assigned to investigate and codify the social، physical and mental health indices. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between social capital and mental health among the social sciences students in University of Isfahan. The investigation was conducted using descriptive and correlation studies. Initially، the concepts of social capital and mental health were identified using script studies and then the data were collected and expressed. The relationship between students’ social capital and mental health were analyzed using SPSS software. The findings showed an inverse statistically significant correlation between confidence، belongingness، affection، and trustworthiness with mental health. Based on the findings of the study، there was a relationship between students’ social capital and mental health. One of the significant indices was the low level of communion، confidence، belongingness، affection and trustworthiness among students which is an indication of lower social capital among them.