The Role of Social Capital and Social Health Indicators in Prediction of Attitude to Child Delinquency

the present study aims at investigating the relationship between social capital and social health indicators in child delinquency.

the participants in this descriptive correlational study were all female students in high schools in Noor Abad including 130 girls who were selected randomly through multistage clustering sampling. They were, then, evaluated through Keyes social health (1998), Bullen social capital (2005) and Fazli attitude to delinquency (1389).
The data were analyzed using person correlation, multiple regression and SPSS-19 software.
Findings: The results indicated that there is a meaning full relationship between social capital and social health components with attitude to child delinquency. In this study Social acceptance had the most role in explanation of attitude to child delinquency and social capital and social development had second rate influence.

The integration of social health indicators with social capital elements in family unit leads to the reduction of negative attitude in children towards delinquency. It also helps form new insights into responding to challenges and in conveniences among family members.