Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Coping Skill of National Level Athletes of Team and Individual Events
Dr. Vivek Mishra
Principal, Neataji Subhas College, Abhanpur, C.G.
Dr. Ashish Diwan
Asso. Prof., Neataji Subhas College, Abhanpur, C.G.
ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted to assess the possible association of emotional intelligence with the coping skills of national level athletes. To conduct the study 120 national/interuniversity athletes were selected from team and individual sports events such as badminton, table tennis, boxing, taekwondo, swimming, volleyball, handball and kabaddi respectively. The sample consists of 60 male and 60 female athletes. The emotional intelligence test prepared by Agashe and Helode (2009) and the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 prepared by Smith et al. (1995) was used to collect data on the selected variables. Data reveals a Pearson Correlation Coefficient of 0.524 between emotional intelligence and coping skills of national level athletes was found to be significant and in a positive (+) direction. It was concluded that as emotional intelligence increases, coping skills also tend to improve, highlighting inter relation between emotional intelligence and coping skills in enhancing the performance and resilience of athletes at the national level.
Keywords: Emotional Intelligence (EI), Coping Skills, Athletes, National
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2501I02S01V13P0001
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