Sociological Study on Religious Influence on Social Capital of Youth (Case Study: Secondary School Students in Larestan, 1396-97)

The study is to investigate the effect of religiosity on youth social capital among secondary school students in Larestan. The theoretical framework of the research has been designed using Glarak and Stark theories of religiosity. The research method is descriptive-explanatory. The statistical population of the study is all 4371 high school students in Larestan, 374 of who were sampled by multi-stage cluster sampling. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity (content validity) of formal content and reliability (reliability) were calculated with Cronbach's alpha, which was 0/80 for the social capital variable and 0٫86 for the religiosity variable. The results of the research showed that there is an effective relationship between the religious beliefs and each dimension of social capital, although this relationship is weaker in the dimensions of trust and participation. On the other hand, there is an effective relationship between the emotional dimension and each aspect of social capital, although this relationship is weaker in the partnership dimension. 31 There is also an effective relationship between the consequence dimension of social capital, although this relationship is weaker in the dimensions of trust and participation, as well as between the dimension of ritual and each dimension of social capital, there is a stronger relationship than the other dimensions of religiosity, which is the sign. The regression test showed that the variance was able to predict only 33٫5٪ of the social capital variable.