Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Basic Psychological Needs: A Structural Equation Model for Student Athletes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Participants
3. Results
3.1. Instruments
3.2. Data Analysis
- (a)
- Emotional intelligence and autonomy, understood as the own decisions made by a person, in our case an athlete, were positively correlated (=0.89, p < 0.001). This allows us to explain that, in this case, emotional intelligence is a predictor of decision making and, therefore, the presence of this variable explains the existence of the other variable.
- (b)
- Emotional intelligence and competence, understood as the way in which an athlete relates to and deals with his or her day-to-day life with efficiency and confidence, were positively related (=0.40, p < 0.001). These results show that emotional intelligence also predicts how a person copes with the circumstances that arise in the context in which he or she operates.
- (c)
- Emotional intelligence and relatedness were not positively related. The results found do not establish that emotional intelligence is a predictor variable of the relationship and, therefore, the presence of emotional intelligence does not correspond to the occurrence of this variable.
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Index | Value | Evaluation of Fit |
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χ2/gl | 0.001 | Good |
Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) | 0.070 | Good |
Root Mean Square Residual (RMR) | 0.032 | Good |
Comparative Fit Index (CFI) | 0.944 | Good |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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1. Emotional attention (AE) | ||||||
2. Emotional clarity (CE) | 0.127 | 0.263 ** | 0.078 | 0.233 ** | 0.068 | |
3. Emotional regulation (ERM) | 0.508 ** | 0.246 ** | 0.304 ** | 0.222 ** | ||
4. Relation | 0.216 ** | 0.315 ** | 0.216 ** | |||
5. Autonomy | 0.532 ** | 0.478 ** | ||||
6. Competence | 0.296 ** |
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Mercader-Rubio, I.; Ángel, N.G.; Ruiz, N.F.O.; Carrión Martínez, J.J. Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Basic Psychological Needs: A Structural Equation Model for Student Athletes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10687. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710687
Mercader-Rubio I, Ángel NG, Ruiz NFO, Carrión Martínez JJ. Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Basic Psychological Needs: A Structural Equation Model for Student Athletes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(17):10687. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710687
Chicago/Turabian StyleMercader-Rubio, Isabel, Nieves Gutiérrez Ángel, Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz, and José Juan Carrión Martínez. 2022. "Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Basic Psychological Needs: A Structural Equation Model for Student Athletes" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 17: 10687. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710687