A Study on the Effect of Social Capital on Social Health considering Social Happiness and Social Support

Enjoying a positivistic approach، this study is in fact a descriptive-causal survey. To measure the variables، we used Keyes Index for Social Health، Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (SC-IQ)، Lindenberg Indices for Social Happiness، and Wellman and Fischer Indices for Social Support. After considering validity and reliability of the study، the questionnaires were applied to 810 households in five districts of Tehran in 2013 CE which were selected based on stratified sampling and cluster multistage sample design and utilizing Cochran formula to evaluate the sample volume. The results of our study indicate that social capital، social happiness، and social support، as three variables in this study، affect social health; that social capital has the greatest impact. As variables، social happiness and social support also affect social capital. And finally، social support causes an increase in social happiness.