Abstract
The applied word of emotions is Emotional Intelligence (EI) which defines as the ability to perceive, monitor, employ, and manage emotions within one and in others (Gill G.S, 2010). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence, competitive anxiety before a competition and mental toughness of female basketball players. Emotional intelligence questionnaire (Schutte et al., 1998), Competitive state anxiety inventory CSAI-2 (Martens et al., 1990) and mental toughness questionnaire were utilized in this study. The results revealed that although EI of two teams were significantly different (p < .05), but competitive anxiety and mental toughness of them didn’t confirm significant difference. Besides, results showed negative relationship between EI and competitive anxiety, but not significant. On the other hand, this study demonstrated that EI and mental toughness in weak team had negative correlation significantly (p < .05). According to findings of this study seem EI can be one of the factors for success in outstanding teams.
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