Investigating the impact of social trust on citizens' social participation

Abstract

          The existence of participation and the method of membership and cooperation of society members in collective and organized group activities to achieve the high goals of endogenous development is vital and very important, so achieving this is influenced by many factors. Culture as the main source Different areas of society have always been influential in the process of growth and development of programs (especially in the field of development) in various dimensions. The current research aims to investigate the impact of the culture of development and social participation. While stating the research problem, research hypotheses based on theories related to the subject were proposed and tested by extracting statistical data prepared by survey method. are Geographically, the current research in Tehran metropolis and its statistical research population, the residents of three regions, one (prosperous), ten (middle-class) and twenty (low-class) are considered. The statistical population of the research is a quota and for each The area of 100 people (300 people in total) is considered. The research results indicate that there is a significant relationship between social trust in three different modes (in-group, out-group and abstract) and social participation. So that the correlation between social trust and social participation is equal to 0.19 and the coefficient of determination is equal to 0.036, as well as the beta value of the social trust variable in predicting the dependent variable is 0.19 in a positive and direct way. In other words, with the increase of the social trust variable, social participation increases. The correlation between the dimensions of social trust and social participation is equal to 0.35 and the coefficient of determination is equal to 0.12. It is covered. The beta level of the outgroup trust variable in predicting the dependent variable is 0.29 in a positive and direct way. The beta value of the abstract trust variable in predicting the dependent variable is 0.52 in a positive and direct manner. In other words, with the increase of the outgroup and abstract trust variable, social participation will increase.