IS THERE A MASS DEPENDENCE IN THE SPIN STRUCTURE OF BARYONS

We analyze the axial-vector form factors of the nucleon-hyperon system in a model with SU(3)(flavor) symmetry breaking due to mass dependent quark spin polarizations. This mass dependence is deduced from an ana lysis of magnetic moment data, and implies that the spin contributions from the quarks to a baryon decrease with the mass of the baryon. Whe n applied to the axial-vector form factors, these mass dependent spin polarizations bring the various sum-rules from the quark model in bett er agreement with experimental data. As a consequence our analysis lea ds to a reduced value for the total spin polarization of the proton.