STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIFIC SPORTS ACHIEVEMENT AMONG COLLEGE BOYS IN INDIA

<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The objective of the study is to find out the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Sports Achievements of college-going boys. <strong>Methodology:</strong> For the purpose of the study, 36 players in different games & sports and 36 non-playing boys were randomly selected. The age of all the subjects ranged from 18 years to 22 yrs. The Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) developed by Schutle <em>et al.</em> (1998) was used to assess the Emotional Intelligence level of the subjects. Descriptive statistics was used to examine the significance difference among five domains of Emotional Intelligence (Self Recognition, Self-Regulation, Self-Motivation, Empathy and Handling Relations). One-way ANOVA was used and hypothesis was tested at a .05 level of significance. <strong>Results:</strong> The Mean and Standard Deviation of Non-Playing Boys are Self-Recognition (13.97 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>2.03), Self-Regulation (17.38<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>2.67), Self-Motivation (17.63<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>2.86), Empathy (19.08<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>3.28) and Handling Relations (31.61<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>4.61) and total EI Scale is (99.69<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>7.02). Mean and Standard Deviation of players in different games and sports are Self-Recognition (15.94<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>2.60), Self-Regulation (20.36<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>3.51), Self-Motivation (21.86<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>2.88), Empathy (22.72<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>2.06) and Handling Relations (34.72<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>3.75) and Total EI Scale is (115.61<span style="text-decoration: underline;">+</span>6.37). The ANOVA result shows that the “p-values” of the domains of Emotional Intelligence are less than 0.05, and hence, the F-value is significant at a 5% level. <strong>Summarizing the key findings and implications of the study:</strong> Results clearly indicate that there is a significant difference existing between the Emotional Intelligence and Sports Achievements of college boys. Students who are high on the EI Scale have high sports achievement; hence, EI plays a significant role in sports achievement among boys. The development of EI among players leads to better sports performance.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0871/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>