1. Pvrpose
The purpose of this research is to find the social factors to determine social acceptance, and to analyzed the personality traits and the social adaptation in 5 sports team (gymnastic exercises, athletic sports (tract and field), table-tennis, backetball and football teams).
II. Problem
a) The social factors to determine social acceptance are founded and analyzed by the sociometric devices.
b) The social distance between such sports team members is analyzed by the number rating scale.
c) The group coherence arid the group intergration between the sports teams are compared and analyzed.
d) The personality traits of the sports teams are found and analyzed.
e) The social adaptability of the sports teams are analyzed.
III. Method
This research started on April 1, and finished on Dec. 31, 1973. The subjects were compose of 454 members in sports teams and 371 in general students. Such subject was administrated to test the Sociometric Devices, Personality Test and Standardized Adaptation Test.
IV. Conclusion
a) In middle school sports teams were appeared to choice the only mam-member of their teams who had the high degree of the social acceptability and those of low degree. But in college these trends were decreased.
b) The basketball and football team were high degree than other teams in social distance. This trend might be established in the sport`s traits itselves.
c) The most important elements to determine the social acceptability were caused by personality factors. The football and football teams were commonly cause the responsibility and activity of personality traits and the cooperation to perform group tasks.
d) The personality traits of sportsman are active, impulsive and sociable. Specially the backetball and football teams are more active and responsible than other teams.
e) The male sportsmen have been the serious Problems for their schools. The female sportsman have been the serious problems for her future and male.