Tenth International Conference on Sport & Society

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relation between personality characteristics and emotional intelligence of elite female swimmers participating in Iran championship. The research methodology is correlative and the data has been collected through field study. Concerning the small size statistical population, the samples have been all tested. Thus, 75 female swimmers participating in Iran championships in 2014 have been selected. Pearson correlation coefficient has been used to investigate the relation between variables. The measuring instrument includes personality specification scale (Arostertz and Debron Stain, 1981) and Emotional intelligence scale (Siber or Shrink, 1986). The results showed that there is no meaningful relation between emotional intelligence and power-seeking trait (p= 0.523, r=0.143); moreover, meaningful positive relation was obtained between emotional intelligence and success-seeking feature (p= 0.001, r= 0.428). At the end, positive meaningful relation was observed between emotional intelligence and feeling of belonging (p= 0.001, r= 0.587).