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- Social capital : Social capital and psychological sense of community in the neighborhood - Predicting and preventingPublication . Mesquita, Ana Medina da Costa Mota; Ornelas, José H.This paper focuses on the predictive and preventive aspects of Social Capital in the context of neighborhoods and how that prevention can be done. At the same time, crosses social capital with the concept of Sense of Community, showing their intrinsic relation. The conclusion was that Sense of Community strongly builds up Social Capital and that by enhancing Social Capital it can have a preventive role in many different social and individual situations such as, for example, child development, school drop-out, health, general well-being. Therefore, by preventing problems we can conclude that Social Capital improves life in the neighborhoods.