The development of emotional intelligence within the sport of judo during the adolescent period

Actuality. Contemporary society adopts an ideal of personality, which describes humans, much from the point of view of emotional intelligence. The ever-increasing complexity of contemporary society makes emotional intelligence insufficient for children (the young generation) in the context of solving everyday problems. Aware of these things, we increasingly reveal the importance of emotional intelligence in supporting control over difficult social situations, leading to correct behavior, guaranteeing an adequate level in society. Academic performance and children's adaptation to the demands of social life are a priority for parents as well as for teachers. The ever-changing ideals of contemporary society make the intelligence acquired both in the family and in educational institutions insufficient for most of the children. Research in recent decades has focused on the tendency to theoretically and practically substantiate the concept of emotional intelligence, demonstrating its importance for personal development and socio-professional insertion, and current concerns in this field branch out into several fields such as sports. The perspective of developing emotional competence by practicing motor activities involves improving well-being, increasing the decision-making capacity to solve problems in a responsible way, coping with everyday and stressful demands. P. Salovey and J.D. Mayer consider that emotional intelligence involves the ability to perceive emotions as correctly as possible and to express them, the ability to generate feelings when they facilitate thinking and the ability to know, perceive emotions and regulate them, in order to promote emotional and intellectual significant development. Emotional intelligence represents "the ability to accurately perceive, understand and positively express certain emotions, to use emotional valences to facilitate the resolution of problematic situations". The sports environment requires solving emotional problems through specific training and competition that create conditions for the athlete to develop emotional intelligence, to increase self-confidence. Judo is the model sport for emotional development. The means and methods implemented in Judo, its special principles and forms, are oriented towards the training of athletes in order to acquire the technique of procedures and motor actions for the development of motor qualities; to increase the capacities of the functional systems of the athletes' body, which ensure the results of the competitive activity; towards the formation of moral and volitional qualities, towards expanding the possibilities of developing emotional intelligence. Judo sports activity: - provide pleasant physical and mental sensations. - improves motor behavior - gesture quality, precision and strength. - ensures the improvement of major functions and adaptation to effort - mental-emotional resistance at the same time. - guarantees the balance and consistency of psycho-emotional manifestations - the development of emotional intelligence. The topicality of the topic addressed is determined by the valorization of the sport of Judo, in the development of emotional intelligence. The most important styles of martial arts are increasingly popular in recent years, one of them being Judo, which is not just a simple sport, but also a form of mental development, namely emotional stability, self-esteem and respect for the opponent ( empathy) main components of emotional intelligence. In this context, we note the need to capitalize on the sport "Judo" as an alternative to technologies for developing emotional intelligence in psychology. Research hypothesis. It is assumed that the practice of the sport of Judo, through the specific techniques and methodologies of mental preparation of the judocan, can be a psychotherapeutic alternative for the development of emotional intelligence. The purpose of the research consists in capitalizing on the sport of Judo as an alternative to the psychological methods of developing emotional intelligence during the adolescent period. Research objectives: 1. Analysis of epistemological benchmarks regarding the role of Judo sport in the development of emotional intelligence during the adolescent period. 2. Emphasizing through a sociological survey the problem of emotional intelligence in society and highlighting the role of the sport of Judo in the development of emotional intelligence. 3. The elucidation of mental training mechanisms in the sport of Judo having an impact on the development of emotional intelligence during the adolescent period. 4. Experimental argumentation of the effectiveness of the sport of Judo in the development of emotional intelligence. Methods of research: At the level of theoretical conceptualization: the method of analysis and synthesis, the method of theoretical generalization, theoretical modeling, interpretation and conclusion. At the praxeological level - the pedagogical experiment; survey based on a questionnaire for specialists in the field. The importance of the research represented by: substantiating the methodological approach of the sport of Judo in the training/development of emotional intelligence in adolescents; examination and interpretation of theoretical benchmarks regarding the problem of emotional intelligence in the adolescent period. Findings and results. The data of the sociological research allowed us, along with the characteristics of the de facto state, to obtain information about the possible perspectives of Judo sport activities in overcoming emotional intelligence. The exposed and generalized opinions of the specialists predetermined the development of experimental events for the scientific foundation of the problem of emotional intelligence and the ways of development through the sport of Judo. The basic pedagogical experiment, carried out in the training conditions of the experimental group, evaluated emotional control through projective psychodiagnostic tests. The evaluation tests confirmed a significant final increase in emotional intelligence, with a discrepancy between the initial and final testing, relevant from a statistical point of view. This proves that the implemented independent variable confirms the initial expectations, and can be considered an optimal solution in improving the process of developing emotional intelligence in adolescents. The results obtained as a result of the statistical processing of the recorded data are significant, in the post-test compared to the pre-test, a fact that determines the confirmation of the hypothesis according to which: Practicing the sport of Judo, through the specific techniques and methodologies of mental training of the judo artist, induces the development of emotional intelligence. Conclusions and recommendations. Through the research carried out, it was capitalized with an overall vision on the development of emotional intelligence by practicing the sport of Judo. Based on the investigative results, we can formulate the following general conclusions: 1. At the present moment, a negative aspect in the early school period are the emotional consequences, which negatively influence the success of the educational process and the formation of the personality as a whole. Obviously, scientific notions were identified with reference to solving the problems of emotional intelligence in adolescents. At the same time, the knowledge in the development of emotional intelligence in practice is insufficient, it requires a specific, current approach to the components of the development of emotional intelligence by focusing on other fields that can have a significant contribution in emotional establishment such as Sports. 2. The analysis of the peculiarities of mental training in the sport of Judo demonstrated the synergy and consolidation of the complex factors of the The dynamic study of the pedagogical experiment allowed us to establish the level of emotional intelligence development. The emotional state of the teenager at the end of the experiment is stable. The subjective perception of one's own conditions and possibilities is at a good level. There is no situational nervousness, the surrounding factors do not influence motivation. the final results according to the studied tests are significantly higher compared to the initial ones, both dynamically and between groups (Р<0, 05-0, 01).