THE STUDY ON SELF-ACCEPTANCE & ACCEPTANCE OF OTHERS WITH ACCENTUATION ON MEASURES OF ACCEPTANCE

Abstract

The object of this study is to solve outstanding problems related to “acceptance”. That is to say,
1. To obtain a scale for measuring “acceptance” and to scrutinize the method of measuring “acceptance”.
2. To clarify the interrelation between “self-acceptance” and “acceptance of others” on the same scale and then to find out the interdependence between these two factors and “adjustment”.
Subjects are all college students; 60 male students and 81 female students.
Part I
Procedure:(1) Collect and assort adjectives by which each subject describes himself (or herself) and then acquire the rating of social desirability which each word has in itself.
(2) There are 3 kinds of measures available as a method of measuring “acceptance”, namely, social acceptance score (which shows how applicable socially desirable words are to each subject), self-satisfaction score (which shows the degree to which subjects are satisfied with themselves) and private acceptance score (which shows the degree how each subject conforms to the frame of preference which he or she individually holds). In each case, proceed examining the interdependence of each measure by using the same scale.
Result:(1) Prepared is the “acceptance scale” that is contrived out by 141 adjectives and obtaineb is a scale value in social desirability which each adjective has.
(2) There is the high correlation between these 3 kinds of measures. Especially, the social acceptance is found to be of critical importance as a basis to determine an affirmative attitude.
Part II
Procedure:(1) In order to determine the degree of “acceptance of others”, just pick up one couple a male subject and a female subject who have not met before each other, and fix the rating by using the prepared scale and then obtain the interrelation between each measure of “self-acceptance” and “acceptance of others”.
(2) Give these subjects a “YG test” first to clarify the relation of these two phases of “acceptance” with “adjustment”. Then, make out 4 groups obtained by assorting “self-acceptance”, high and low, and “acceptance of others”, high and low. Next, examine distinguishing marks of each group based on the results obtained by the “YG test”.
Result:(1) When examining the correlation between “self-acceptance” and “acceptance of others”, there is a significant interrelation with the marks obtained in “self-acceptance” and “acceptance of others” scores when a subject views others of the same sex, but no relation observable when viewing the opposite sex. Here now, this testifies to the very difference by sex. Particularly, in the case of female subjects, they have the stronger tendency of reflecting their self-concept in rating others than male subject do.
(2) In regard to “adjustment”, those who have a high self-acceptance score show higher adjustability and those who have a low self-acceptance score show lower adjustability, regardless of the marks obtained in “acceptance of others”. It is impossible to recognize characteristics of the group that is supposed to assume a defensive attitude. A critical problem left toward the future will be, I presume, to further consideration for understanding “adjustment” by scrutinizing, one by one, response results for each item contained in the “acceptance scale”.