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A Study on the Factors of Social Health and the Related Elements

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Abstract The present study was intended to extract the factors of social health and the clusters of subjects concerning them, and to clarify the relationship between social health and individual, social, sport...s and physical related elements, especially from sociological perspective. The questionnaire consisted of 108 items concerning the state of social health and 25 related elements was performed to 893 students in 1981. The principle factor solution method with normal varimax rotation for extracting factors and non-hierarchical cluster analysis for classifying subjects concerning social health were applied in this study. Main results were summarized as follows : 1. Ten factors extracted by factor analysis were named as follows : F1 (cooprative and conciliactory factor), F2 (positive behavioral factor), F3 (satisfactory and stable life factor), F4 (social involvement volition and aspiration), F5 (social involvement factor), F6 (study and information factor), F7 (comfortable life environment factor), F8 (social rule and morality factor), F9 (sport activity factor), F10 (friendly intercourse factor). 2. Five clusters were extracted on social health, and the relationship of each clusters with the above factors and the related elements were examined. First cluster (free type) was the highest lebel in participations in sports and leisures, and was very high in social conditions, but it was low in aspirations and social involvement volitions. Second cluster (assidous type) was very high level in study, information acquisition, aspiration and observance of social rules and moralities, but it was very bad In social conditions. Third cluster (irritated type) was very high level in social involvement volition and aspiration, in spite of bad life conditions and limited participations in sports and leisure. Fourth cluster (waver type) was the lowest level in all behaviors, volitions and conditions. And fifth cluster (lively type) was the highest level in life conditions, social involvements and those volitions, and observance of social rules and moralities. 3. Although many results were pointed out on the relationship between social health and the related elements, generally speaking, people who were in good social health were higher in social conditions, past and present sport involvements, and mental and physical health.show more

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