Document Type : Original research study
Abstract
Emotional intelligence as psychological factor has an important role in psychology, management and recently, sport. The purpose of study was anticipating athlete’s satisfaction from emotional intelligence and its sub factors in athletes. Research method was descriptive and type of correlation. Population of study was all of single and team adult athletes and sample was 92 individual that responded to tow questionnaire of lane et al emotional intelligence in sport and athletes’ satisfaction scale of reamer & chelladurai. For analysis of data used k-s, pierson correlation and regression. Result showed positive correlation between emotional intelligence and athletes’ satisfaction. Also, results of multiple regression analysis showed that self regulation and appraisal of other emotion explained 50 percent of athlete’s satisfaction variance. Conclusion was that coaches and sporting managers in order to help athletes’ in sport and life design and held emotional intelligence course for them.
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