%0 Journal Article
%T Does Emotional Intelligence Predict Athletes¡¯ Motivation to Participate in Sports?
%A Ilona Tilindien£¿
%A Rasa Kreivyte
%A Saulius Sukys
%A Vida Janina Cesnaitiene
%J Perceptual and Motor Skills
%@ 1558-688X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0031512518825201
%X The relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and successful athletic performance has been previously recognized, but there remains a need to investigate how EI impacts athletes¡¯ sports motivation. This cross-sectional study investigated how different EI dimensions related to athletes¡¯ motivation among 239 adult basketball players (129 females) aged 18-34 years. Our research participants completed questionnaires that included the self-reported Emotional Intelligence Scale and Sport Motivation Scale II. We found significant correlations between total EI and intrinsic, integrated, identified, and introjected regulation. Higher EI was negatively related to athletes¡¯ amotivation. More specifically, the self-reported abilities to perceive emotion and manage others¡¯ emotions were significantly related to intrinsic, integrated, and identified regulation, and only managing one¡¯s own emotions negatively related to athletes¡¯ amotivation
%K trait emotional intelligence
%K sport motivation
%K basketball players
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0031512518825201