The relationship between emotional intelligence, self-determined motivation and performance in canoeists

Authors

  • Silvia Arribas-Galarraga University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Spain
  • Ekaitz Saies University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Spain
  • José Antonio Cecchini Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
  • Josean Arruza TESKAL, S.L., Spain
  • Izaskun Luis-De Cos University of the Basque Country, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2017.123.07

Keywords:

Emotional intelligence, Self-Determination, Performance, Canoeing

Abstract

The results of recent studies indicate that athletes differ in the degree in which they perceive, process and regulate their emotions. The present study aims to utilize these findings in order to examine if self-determined motivation in sport could explain individual variations in emotional intelligence (EI) and results of sport competitions. A model of structural equations has proven these relationships in 386 canoeists from 35 countries. These results support the mediating factor of EI in relation to autonomous motivation and performance index (PI). The stability of EI and gender differences were analysed as a secondary objective. The results showed that EI stays relatively stable independent from the years of practice. However, rather surprisingly, men scored higher than women in emotional control and regulation as well as in empathy. These findings contribute to the study of EI in sport and have important implications for human performance in sport competition at high level.

Funding

University Grants for the mobility and publication of results UPV/EHU (Cod.2254/2013)

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Arribas-Galarraga, S., Saies, E., Cecchini, J. A., Arruza, J., & Luis-De Cos, I. (2017). The relationship between emotional intelligence, self-determined motivation and performance in canoeists. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 12(3), 630–639. https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2017.123.07

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