1Department of Social Welfare, Kangwon National University

Abstract The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of social capital on the life satisfaction of the community residents. For the research, social capital was consisted of participation, network, trust and norm. To achieve the purpose of this research, data were collected from 279 citizens of S-city in Gangwon-Do. The results of this study were summarized as follows: Mean analyses showed that social capital had 3.02±.52. According to hierarchical multiple-regression, participation(β=.26, p<.001), network(β=.17, p<.01) and trust(β =.16, p<.01) among social capital showed positive influence on life satisfaction of community residents(R2=.35)