Comparison of emotional intelligence of medallist players on the basis of gender

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to make a comparison of emotional intelligence between male and female medallist players. Total 250 medallist players (125 male, 125 female) were chosen as a sample for this study. The sample comprised the students of various colleges associated to Panjab University and situated in the districts i.e. Ludhiana, Sri Muktsar Sahib and Fazilka of Punjab state. The purposive sampling technique was utilized to pick medallist players. The age of the subjects was gone 19 to 25 years. Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS-SSSS) created by Sarkar and Sarkar (2018) was utilized to measure the emotional intelligence of medallist players. The mean (M), standard deviation (SD) and t- test at 0.05 level of significance were used for the analysis of the collected data. Male medallist players had shown significantly better on sub-factors; self regulation, social skill, motivation and emotional intelligence (total) when compared with female medallist players. But, male medallist players exhibited little better as compared to female medallist players on sub-variable; empathy. In the same way, female medallist players performed little better as compared to male medallist players on sub-variable; self awareness.