The relationship between emotional intelligence, self-determined motivation and performance in canoeists

The results of recent studies indicate that athletes differ in the degree in which they perceive, process and regulate their emotions. The present study aims to utilize these findings in order to examine if self-determined motivation in sport could explain individual variations in emotional intellig...

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Published inJournal of human sport and exercise Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 630 - 639
Main Authors Arribas-Galarraga, Silvia, Saies, Ekaitz, Cecchini, José Antonio, Arruza, José Antonio, Luis-De-Cos, Izaskun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Alicante 01.01.2017
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Canoeing
Emotional intelligence
Self-Determination
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Summary:The results of recent studies indicate that athletes differ in the degree in which they perceive, process and regulate their emotions. The present study aims to utilize these findings in order to examine if self-determined motivation in sport could explain individual variations in emotional intelligence (EI) and results of sport competitions. A model of structural equations has proven these relationships in 386 canoeists from 35 countries. These results support the mediating factor of EI in relation to autonomous motivation and performance index (PI). The stability of EI and gender differences were analysed as a secondary objective. The results showed that EI stays relatively stable independent from the years of practice. However, rather surprisingly, men scored higher than women in emotional control and regulation as well as in empathy. These findings contribute to the study of EI in sport and have important implications for human performance in sport competition at high level.
ISSN:1988-5202
1988-5202
DOI:10.14198/jhse.2017.123.07