Title: Relationship between the sport orientation and emotional intelligence among team and individual athletes.
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between sport orientation and emotional intelligence among male university students. One hundred eighty one students (18-30 years) were selected randomly. Sport orientation and Baron emotional intelligence questionnaire were used to achieve the goals. Results showed that there is a positive correlation between sport orientation and emotional intelligence and a positive correlation between competitiveness and goal setting with emotional intelligence among team and individuals athletes, but there is no significant correlation between emotional intelligence and win orientation and no significant level of emotional intelligence and sport orientation among team and individuals athletes. Generally speaking, it seems that physical activity and psychological factors cause sports bias and improve emotional intelligence. The result of this research confirms that there is no significant difference between sport orientation and emotional intelligence among team and individual athletes.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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