TY  - JOUR
T1  - Discussing the Relationship Between Social Capital and Health
Related Life Quality of Physical Education Instructors of
PNU University of Kermanshah Province
AU - Karimi, Ali AU - Geibi, Yeganeh AU - Alijani, Hasan 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 29
SP  - 6933
EP  - 6938
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.6933.6938
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.6933.6938
KW  - Social capital
KW  -quality of life
KW  -physical education instructors
KW  -physical education
KW  -instructors
AB  - The purpose of the present study is to investigate the relation between social capital and health
related quality of life among physical education instructors of PNU university of Kermanshah Province. This
study is a correlative research and its population includes the entire physical education instructors of PNU
university of Kermanshah as 150 individuals. According to Morgan Chart, a number of 108 individuals were
selected as the sample of study through a simple random sampling method. For realization of research goals
two standard questionnaires including social capital (Onyx and Bolen) and Persian version of life quality
questionnaire of WHO (World Health Organization) were used. Validity of both questionnaires was assessed
by 15 experts and also their reliabilities were estimated respectively as 0.83 and 81%. For the purpose of data
analyses, both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. In terms of inferential statistics, K-S test was
used for determination of normality of data distributions and also Pearson’s correlation coefficient test was
used for determination of the relation between components. Furthermore, multivariate regression analysis was
also performed for determination of each variable’s share in anticipation. Entire statistical operations were
performed using the SPSS Software. Results of the study indicated that a significant and meaningful relation
exists between social capital and health related quality of life among instructors of physical education.
Additionally, regression analysis results have indicated that social capital is able to anticipate 41.2% of changes
occurred in quality of life among physical education instructors. However, the share of communicational aspect
is more than other aspects. Overall, it can be stated that through establishment and empowerment of social
institutions, one can establish a structure for improvement of physical education instructor’s social capital. In
fact in such institution, everybody is able to have mutual identities and also contexts for group cooperation
are improved which overall, lead to improved quality of life among instructors.
ER  -