The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence.
In the field of sport psychology, research on emotional intelligence and its relationship with other psychological variables to determine how it affects the athlete’s performance is becoming more frequent and prevalent. Among these psychological variables, research in this field has focused on the e...
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| author | Mercader Rubio, Isabel María Nieves Gutiérrez, Ángel |
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| description | In the field of sport psychology, research on emotional intelligence and its relationship with other psychological variables to determine how it affects the athlete’s performance is becoming more frequent and prevalent. Among these psychological variables, research in this field has focused on the evaluation of the influence of aspects such as motivation, leadership, self-concept, and anxiety. The main objective of this research is to analyze the levels of each of the dimensions of emotional intelligence (attention, clarity, and emotional regulation) and their relationship with each of the SCAT items to measure pre-competitive anxiety. To do so, we analyzed the influence that one psychological construct has on the other, in order to establish the type of relationships that are established between them. The design of this research corresponds to be transversal, observational, quantitative, and descriptive. The sample consisted of 165 students belonging to university degrees (bachelor’s and master’s) related to physical activity and sport sciences. The main finding of this study allows us to affirm the relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety. This confirms the hypothesis that anxiety is an indispensable component of any competitive situation, and that neither the total absence of anxiety nor high levels of it leads to better sports performance. Therefore, sport psychology should focus on the emotional preparation of athletes so that they can manage and control their anxiety at intermediate levels, which in addition to being typical of a competitive situation, is also synonymous with good sporting performance. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-144072023-04-12T19:45:28Z The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. Mercader Rubio, Isabel María Nieves Gutiérrez, Ángel emotional intelligence pre-competitive anxiety university students physical education In the field of sport psychology, research on emotional intelligence and its relationship with other psychological variables to determine how it affects the athlete’s performance is becoming more frequent and prevalent. Among these psychological variables, research in this field has focused on the evaluation of the influence of aspects such as motivation, leadership, self-concept, and anxiety. The main objective of this research is to analyze the levels of each of the dimensions of emotional intelligence (attention, clarity, and emotional regulation) and their relationship with each of the SCAT items to measure pre-competitive anxiety. To do so, we analyzed the influence that one psychological construct has on the other, in order to establish the type of relationships that are established between them. The design of this research corresponds to be transversal, observational, quantitative, and descriptive. The sample consisted of 165 students belonging to university degrees (bachelor’s and master’s) related to physical activity and sport sciences. The main finding of this study allows us to affirm the relationship between emotional intelligence and anxiety. This confirms the hypothesis that anxiety is an indispensable component of any competitive situation, and that neither the total absence of anxiety nor high levels of it leads to better sports performance. Therefore, sport psychology should focus on the emotional preparation of athletes so that they can manage and control their anxiety at intermediate levels, which in addition to being typical of a competitive situation, is also synonymous with good sporting performance. 2023-03-09T13:56:23Z 2023-03-09T13:56:23Z 2023-01-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14407 10.3390/ijerph20054224 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/5/4224 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | emotional intelligence pre-competitive anxiety university students physical education Mercader Rubio, Isabel María Nieves Gutiérrez, Ángel The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| title | The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| title_full | The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| title_fullStr | The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| title_short | The importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| title_sort | importance of psychological training in university athletes: analysis of the relationship between anxiety and emotional in-telligence. |
| topic | emotional intelligence pre-competitive anxiety university students physical education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14407 |
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