A Study on Determining Social Capital Development Indicators in Society: University Students’ Point of View

This study was carried out in an attempt to investigate and determine indicators of the social capital developing in the society from university students’ point of view. The method which was applied in this research is a descriptive one, the survey method. The population comprises all university students of the Tehran Teacher Training University, amounting to 10,865 students and the sample was comprised of 370 students who were selected according to the systematic random sampling on the basis of Morgan’s formula for determining the sample size. The data gathered by the t-test and the analysis of the obtained results demonstrate that an increase in public awareness, public trust, official and unofficial collectivity, and institutional trust can lead to the development of the social capital in society.