Study on relationship between emotional intelligence and personality of individual and team game players

Abstract

Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions. Personality is the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors. The relationship between EI and personality traits are interlinked because as EI is relevant to understanding and control of emotions which are very important in personality construction. The purpose of the present study was to find out whether there is any relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits among the sports persons of individual and team games players. The researcher was selected 70 subjects from different colleges. The subjects were categorized into two main groups: 35 individual players (Athletics) and 35 team game players (Cricket, Kho-kho, Volleyball, Kabaddi and Football). Emotional intelligence test and Cattell’16PF (personality) Questionnaire developed by Roqiya Zainuddin and Anjum Ahmed & Raymond Cattell were used to measure EI and personality traits respectively. The collected data were analyzed using correlation coefficient. Results showed that positive correlation in few factors of Cattell’s 16 PF with Emotional Intelligence of individual players and team games players. Co-relational analysis showed that EI was positively correlated with A, C, F, H, O, Q1 and Q3 factors (Cattell’s 16 PF) of individual players. On the other side, results showed that EI was positively correlated with F, H, L, M, N and Q3 factors (Cattell’s 16 PF) of team game players.