The Impact of Safe Attachment on Social Capital Formation with an Emphasis on Imam Musa Sadr's Educational Thought

Maternal-child attachment is a lasting emotional relationship that forms before the birth of the baby and reaches its peak in the early years of life. Man's personality and social relationships are strongly influenced by the quality of his attachment in childhood. As invisible wealth of societies, social capital also focuses on social interactions between humans and provides the context for the continuation and strengthening of relationships, cooperation, and interactions across different aspects of society. Thus, the quality and type of attachment can be effective in strengthening or weakening social capital. The current study seeks to examine the effect of safe attachment on the quality of social capital with an emphasis on educational thought of Imam Musa Sadr through a descriptive-analytic method. According to the educational thought of Imam Musa Sadr, one can find him emphasizing the necessity of forming an "emotional relationship" in the family, encouraging the mother or the "face of attachment" to do his utmost to strengthen this relationship. The fruit of this "emotional relationship" is a strong relationship between generations. She relies on authentic religious sources and teachings considering the mother as an obvious example of the Wajh Allah (face of God) on earth, sacrificing her body and soul in the sea of love and mercy. Based on the view of Imam Musa Sadr, it can be said that by forming a safe attachment in the childhood, a faithful, committed and responsible human being is developed that can produce great social capital.