Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Motivation, Anxiety and Leadership in Athletes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Method
2.2. Participants
2.3. Instruments
- The TMMS-24 [23] corresponds to a kind of submodel of emotional intelligence created from the model of [6], which some authors call the Spanish version of the model of [6]. For these authors, emotional intelligence is composed of three dimensions, such as the perception, understanding and regulation of emotions through a Likert-type scale [24]. A Cronbach’s alpha = 0.84 was obtained in this study. It is composed of twenty-four items, eight of which refer to one’s own feelings, eight to clarity and eight to the regulation of feelings, resulting in a Likert-type scale of self-knowledge that assesses three dimensions of emotional intelligence: attention to feelings, emotional clarity and emotion repair.
- The adaptation of the Sport Leadership Behavior Inventory was developed by [26]. This scale measures aspects of leadership related to social support, empathy, sport values, and influence in decision making and task orientation through a Likert-type scale. A Cronbach’s alpha = 0.94 was obtained in this study, whereas a Cronbach’s alpha score of 0.84 was obtained in other studies [27].
- The sport motivational mediators scale [28] measures the beliefs and mediators that predict motivation through a Likert-type scale. A Cronbach’s alpha = 0.71 was obtained for this work. The reliability of the original instrument is 0.75 for the first factor; 0.76 for the second; and 0.71 for the third [29].
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
Structural Equation Mode
- (a)
- Emotional intelligence and motivation were positively correlated (β = 0.30, p < 0.001). This explains that, in this case, emotional intelligence is a predictor of motivation; therefore, the presence of this variable explains the existence of the other variable.
- (b)
- Emotional intelligence and anxiety were positively related (β = 0.02, p < 0.001). These results show that emotional intelligence also predicts the occurrence of anxiety in an explanatory manner.
- (c)
- Emotional intelligence and leadership were not positively related. However, the results do not establish that emotional intelligence is a predictor variable of leadership; therefore, the presence of emotional intelligence does not correspond with the appearance of high levels of leadership.
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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1. Emotional attention (AE) | ||||||
2. Emotional clarity (CE) | 0.127 | 0.263 ** | 0.150 | 0.321 ** | 0.181 * | |
3. Emotional regulation (ERM) | 0.508 ** | 0.156 * | −0.069 | 0.321 ** | ||
4. Leadership (LIM) | 0.157 * | −0.052 | 0.326 ** | |||
5. Anxiety (AM) | 0.049 | 0.364 ** | ||||
6. Motivation (MM) | −0.018 |
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Rubio, I.M.; Ángel, N.G.; Esteban, M.D.P.; Ruiz, N.F.O. Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Motivation, Anxiety and Leadership in Athletes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7521. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127521
Rubio IM, Ángel NG, Esteban MDP, Ruiz NFO. Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Motivation, Anxiety and Leadership in Athletes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(12):7521. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127521
Chicago/Turabian StyleRubio, Isabel Mercader, Nieves Gutiérrez Ángel, María Dolores Pérez Esteban, and Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz. 2022. "Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Motivation, Anxiety and Leadership in Athletes" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12: 7521. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127521
APA StyleRubio, I. M., Ángel, N. G., Esteban, M. D. P., & Ruiz, N. F. O. (2022). Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Motivation, Anxiety and Leadership in Athletes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(12), 7521. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127521