Objective To probe into the relationship between the type of sex role and social adaptation of freshmen.Method 450 freshmen from shandong normal university and shandong finance Institute were chosen as test objects and they were examined with sex role Inventory for college students and adaptability scale of college students.Results Scores of masculine positive scale and feminine positive scale had significant positive correlation with total scores of social adaptation and scores of each dimension

and the differences were statistically significant（p<0.05 or p<0.01）;the social adaptation of androgynous individual was the best while that of undifferentiated individual was the worst.Conclusion The positive masculine feature and positive feminine feature of freshmen have a close relationship with social adaptation status

and social adaptability of the androgynous individual is the best.