Investigating the effect of sociological structures on social health (Case study: citizens of Kashan)

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of sociological structures on social health. This study is quantitative and survey research. The statistical population of citizens 18 years and older in Kashan and the sample size based on Cochran's formula is 384 people who were selected by multi-stage and random cluster sampling. The theoretical framework is a combination of the theories of Durkheim, Bourdieu, Armstrong and Keys. The tool used in data collection is a questionnaire. In order to obtain the validity of the questionnaire, face validity method was used and in order to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliability coefficient were used. Data were analyzed using Spss, Lisrel and PLS. The results showed that the variables of "social capital, cultural capital, social support and religiosity" have a direct and significant relationship and the variables of "feeling abnormal" have an inverse and significant relationship with social health. Also, the results of structural equation modeling showed that more than one third (36%) of social health changes are explained by the sum of independent variables.