Abstract
(1) Background: Emotional intelligence plays a critical role in one’s socialization and psychological adjustment. The current study is an attempt to obtain a comparative analysis of the emotional intelligence among the cricketers that are blind or suffer from visual impairment. The major objective of the study is to measure the emotional intelligence of visually impaired athletes along with the influence of their physical activities and demographic variables. (2) Methods: The employed survey method, with a descriptive research design, was based on a selective purpose sample of 220, which included a mean age of 28.38 years and an age range from 18 to 40 years, visually impaired cricketers, and non-cricketers from Punjab. The selective individuals completely provided their demographic information by filling out two forms, which included the short-form trait emotional intelligence questionnaire (TEIQue-SF) and the international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ-SF). (3) Results: There is a significant relationship with emotional intelligence among the cricketers that are blind or suffer from visual impairment. Furthermore, the demographic variables had a significant impact on emotional intelligence (EI). Based on these findings, this study suggests administering a longitudinal study of visually impaired athletes in future research. In addition, different statistical populations of visually impaired athletes can be studied in order to compare their emotional intelligence with other psychological variables.
Highlights
Emotions play an important role in determining human behavior
We determined from the significant difference of EI among athletes and non-athletes that trait emotional intelligence of the athlete with visual impairment is greater than the non-athlete with visual impairment or blindness; it enables them to recognize, review, and control their own emotions and ability to understand and respond to the emotions of others
It is suggested that the trait EI among the visually impaired people is enhanced due to participating in physical and sporting activities that boost the physical fitness of the individuals
Summary
According to researchers [1], the ways individuals think, communicate, and take action largely hinge on certain skills that they possess to handle their emotions. In another definition, emotional intelligence (EI) is the skill that people possess to examine other people’s emotions and their own emotions, to differentiate between them, and to utilize them to conduct one’s actions and thinking [2]. Emotions and emotional intelligence are both renowned as being the considerable factors in the area of sports psychology; they help to enhance athletes’ performance in sports [6,7].
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