SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF PERSONALITY AND THE INCLINATION TO RISK OF SPORTSMEN IN THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

In the paper the problem of the social-psychological adaptation of the personality of sportsmen in the conditions of the riskiness of their activity is considered. In the theoretical part of the paper the actuality of the problem of the adaptation of the personality in the conditions of the uncertainty and risk and the necessity of study of the phenomenon of the social-psychological adaptation andthe socialization from the point of view of systematic-diachronic approach are proved. The main definitions are uncovered: the social-psychological adaptation of the personality, the risk in psychology, systematic-diachronic approach.Purpose. The study of the characteristics of the social-psychological adaptation and the inclination (readiness) to the risk, the relationship between the present phenomenons among young people who are actively realizing themselves in the sport activity.The methods of the diagnostic research. Inquirer of the social-psychological adaptation by C.Rogers and R.Dymond, the test by R.Kettel, inquirer MMPI (the adapted version), the methods of the diagnostics of the readiness to the risk by Schubert, the inquirer of the study of the readiness to the risk by A.G.Shmelev.Statistical processing the dates: the correlational analysis (Pearson).Results. The characteristic of the social-psychological adaptation of the personality of sportsmen in the form of its integral components is represented. Among the young people the stage of the adaptation possibilities according to the most of the indices is defined as the high one. This way, among the properties of the personality of sportsmen, which reflect their adaptation possibilities, a positive emotional background, capacity for work, the permanency of the interests, the emotional steadiness, the prevalence of the assurance of success, the tendency to the self-assertion, the social activity of the personality are detected. The correlation between some indices of the social-psychological adaptation (disadaptability, rejection of others, being canny, escapism) and the readiness to the risk are determined.Application of the results. The psychological accompaniment of sportsmen in the conditions of the adaptation, professional-psychological selection of the young specialists to the activity in the extremal conditions, the consultation of themanagers and coaches.Conclusion. Among the most of the young people actively doing the sport (more then 70%) the hight level of the social-psychological adaptation is detected, which is reflected in its indices. The adaptation constituents of their personality allow to resist effectively to the stressful loads. The index of the inclination to the risk has the mean value among the most of the probationers. The correlation between the considered phenomenons is found. A generally well adaptable personality has mean normative indices of the inclination to the risk, i.e. this person possesses the emotional ripeness and is inclined to take suspended and clever decisions.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2218-7405-2013-11-7