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SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE YOUTH LEVEL OF HAPPINESS

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  143-167

Abstract

HAPPINESS is one of the major psychological needs of humankind and because of its significant influence on the life of humans, it has always drawn the attention. HAPPINESS is the primary material for transformation, revolution and evolution of human life and is subject to several social factors. Among the social factors influencing the HAPPINESS level of the youth, SOCIAL CAPITAL and its dimensions may be mentioned. Thus present paper seeks to study the relationship between SOCIAL CAPITAL of the youth and their level of HAPPINESS. The present study used a survey technique and a random sample of 384 young people in the age range of 18-30 in Tehran in 2014. Data collection instrument was a researcher-developed questionnaire which had face and construct validity (KMO = 0.81) and a reliability coefficient of 0.73.Findings of Pearson’s correlation test showed that there was a direct significant and positive relationship between SOCIAL CAPITAL and its dimensions and HAPPINESS level. The extent of SOCIAL PARTICIPATION had the most strong relationship (r=0.548) with the HAPPINESS followed by social trust(r =0.435) and SOCIAL COHESION (r =0.331).The results of the present study suggested that SOCIAL CAPITAL dimensions accounted for 25 percent of variance in HAPPINESS in a way that SOCIAL PARTICIPATION and SOCIAL COHESION respectively had the most and the least influence on HAPPINESS; among background variables, age and marital status also had significant relationships with the youth HAPPINESS.

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    NOSRATINEJAD, FARHAD, SAKHAEI, AYYOB, & SHARIFI, HOJJATE. (2015). SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE YOUTH LEVEL OF HAPPINESS. JOURNAL OF STUDIES OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, 4(2), 143-167. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/246490/en

    Vancouver: Copy

    NOSRATINEJAD FARHAD, SAKHAEI AYYOB, SHARIFI HOJJATE. SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE YOUTH LEVEL OF HAPPINESS. JOURNAL OF STUDIES OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT[Internet]. 2015;4(2):143-167. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/246490/en

    IEEE: Copy

    FARHAD NOSRATINEJAD, AYYOB SAKHAEI, and HOJJATE SHARIFI, “SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE YOUTH LEVEL OF HAPPINESS,” JOURNAL OF STUDIES OF SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 143–167, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/246490/en

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