The influence of emotional intelligence on coping ability in senior female field hockey players in South Africa

Jooste, Julius, Kruger, Ankebe and Tinkler, Nicola (2023) The influence of emotional intelligence on coping ability in senior female field hockey players in South Africa. Journal of Human Kinetics, 87. pp. 211-223. ISSN 1640-5544

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Abstract

Research suggested that coping under pressure could be rooted in the ability to identify and manage one’s emotions. In this study, we investigated this hypothesis using cross-sectional data obtained from a sample of South African national and university level female field-hockey players (N = 60, Mage = 21.57, SD = 3.65). A correlational research design was adopted of which a pen-and-paper survey containing the Emotional Intelligence Scale and Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 was used to collect the data. Descriptive results exposed players to yield higher than average levels of total emotional intelligence and coping ability in sport with significant differences noted between the national and university level players in terms of their ability to manage their own emotions (p = 0.018), utilise emotions (p = 0.007, d = 0.74), coping with adversity (p = 0.002, d = 0.84), coachability (p < 0.01, d = 3.17), and overall coping ability (p < 0.01, d = 1.00). Nevertheless, after controlling for level of participation, hierarchical linear regression analyses confirmed the relationship between the study variables exposing total emotional intelligence to be a significant predictor of players’ ability to cope with adversity (β = 0.55, p = 0.006), concentrate (β = 0.43, p = 0.044), maintain confidence and achievement motivation (β = 0.42, p = 0.027), as well as overall coping ability (β = 0.28, p = 0.023). It was concluded that emotional intelligence may be a worthy contributor in the psychological profiling of players and a plausible intervention mapping tool in sport psychology practice to potentially enhance the coping ability of female field-hockey players.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: coping ability, emotions, emotional intelligence, psychological demands, sport performance
Subjects: C600 Sports Science
C800 Psychology
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 27 Jan 2023 08:31
Last Modified: 07 Jun 2023 13:30
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51252

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