Sociological Study of the Impact of Social Capital Components on Risky Behaviors (Case Study: Youth of 15-34 Years of Tabriz)

The present research is aimed at studying the effect of social capital components on risky behaviors among young people. The research method is survey and the population of this study includes all individuals aged 15-34 years old in Tabriz, (579694 people), of which 630 were selected by using Cochran statistical formula and multi-stage clustering method. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. SPSS-22 and Smart-PLS software were used to analyze the data. The results of the research indicate that the correlation between all social capital components including social support, social participation, social awareness, social cohesion and social trust with risky behaviors at a meaningful level of less than 0.01 was confirmed, the type of relationship is negative and inverse. The results of the Structural Equation Modeling study showed that the variables in the path model were able to explain17.6% of the dependent variable variations of risky behaviors.