Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Motivation on Sport Performance of Female Athletes

Abstract

The primary goal of this research was to study Emotional Intelligence (EI) and motivation and its relationship and impact with individual and team sport performance.The study was conducted with three objectives, which included acomparison of emotional intelligence and motivation scores of individual and team based female athletes; and to measure the relationship between emotional intelligence and motivation with sports performance of individual and team based female athletes; and to examine the impact of emotional intelligence and motivation on sports performance of female athletes.A Cross-sectional research design was used and a total number of 134 female athletes of individual and team sports from four different universities participated in present study.There were no differences in mean scores of female athletes of individual and team sports on motivation, EI, and sports performance. On the other hand, there was no positive relationship between EI and sports performance of individual and team sports. Whereas, significantly positive relationship was not observed between EI, motivation and sports performance of individual and team sports. A statistically significant effect of motivation on sports performance of individual and team sports was observed, no significant impact of EI on sports performance was observed. The combined effect of EI and motivation on SP was not statistically significant. Based on the results, it was concluded that female athletes of individual and team sports showed similar level of EI and motivation, though EI didn’t show a significant impact on sports performance.