Relations Between Sports and Some Factors Influencing the Socialization Process

In investigations the purpose of which is the analysis of relations between sports and the degree of socialization the essence of the problem is objective de termination of the socialization level and factors on which the socialization process actually depends.

In this investigation the socialization degree has been determined on the basis of results obtained by application of objective measuring instruments, by which the reactions of subjects in the representative sample of social situations have been registered. The total of 10 such instruments, 5 of which have been con structed in accordance with the principles of interactionistic personality theory, and 5 were applied in accordance with the classical model for the estimation of primary conative characteristics.

The analyses carried out on a sample of 179 girls, 16 years of age, have shown that there are significant differences in basic dimensions on which depends the socialization process between subjects who practice sports actively and those who practice sports irregularly or not at all. The subjects who practice sports re gularly show, as a rule, a considerably higher socialization degree. Thus it was possible to construct a regression function which, with a considerable degree of accuracy, separates the groups with different levels of sport activity.

As symmetry of relations between socialization process and sports activity can be assumed, it is possible to conclude, with a high degree of credibility, that sport is one of relevant factors on which the socialization of personality depends.