Effect of Psychoticism and Sports Participation on Emotional Intelligence of Players and Non-Players

Abstract

The aim of the study was to find the effect of psychoticism & sports participation on emotional intelligence of players & non-players, for this 200 male in which 100 players & 100 non-players were selected as a sample. All the selected male players represented in at least interuniversity level tournament. Emotional intelligence of the subjects was assessed by emotional intelligence inventory prepared by S.K. Mangal & Shubhra Mangal (1995) was preferred, while psychoticism was assessed by Hindi version of Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory (J.E.P.I.) prepared by Menon (1978) was used. To find the effect of the psychoticism & sports participation on emotional intelligence 2x2 ANOVA techniques was used. Results showed that psychoticism & sports participation showed their main effect upon emotional intelligence of selected subjects.