The Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Fear of Failure in College Athletes
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 2049-SSRC
Authors
1هیئت علمی دانشکده تربیت بدنی و علوم ورزشی دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان.
2دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد دانشکده تربیت بدنی و علوم ورزشی دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان
3دانشجوی کارشناسی دانشکده علوم ورزشی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد
Abstract
Background and purpose: In Competitive sports, Fear of failure is a major barrier for athletes to achieve the highest level of excellence. One of a psychological skills for coping with stressors and negative emotions like Fear of failure is resilience. In addition, emotional Intelligence is an ability of recognition and emotions regulation in challenging situation. Based on the literature, however, it is unclear how resilience and emotional intelligence effect on fear of failure in competitive athletics. This study examined the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between emotional intelligence and fear of failure.
Methods and materials: In this descriptive- correlation research participants were 164 semi-professional college athletes belonged to different sports teams. Athletes completed the self-reported measures of fear of failure in athlete (Conroy et al., 2002), resilience (Connor & Davidson, 2003) and emotional intelligence in sport (lane, 2009). The causal relationships between the variables obtained by a structural equations model via Smart Pls software.
Findings: The analysis revealed while emotional intelligence did not predict fear of failure (β= 0.068, p>0.05), resilience predicted it negatively (β= -0.694, p>0.05). Emotional intelligence also had positive predictive effects on resilience (β= 0.458, p>0.05). Moreover, the mediation analysis showed resilience significantly mediated the effect of emotional intelligence on fear of failure (p>0.001). The results suggests resilience has the full mediation role, not partial. Because emotional intelligence did not predict fear of failure. It means the effect of emotional intelligence on fear of failure in athletes, completely, depends on resilience.
Conclusion: These results help to better understand the importance of improving resilience in athletes as a fundamental psychological skill.
Methods and materials: In this descriptive- correlation research participants were 164 semi-professional college athletes belonged to different sports teams. Athletes completed the self-reported measures of fear of failure in athlete (Conroy et al., 2002), resilience (Connor & Davidson, 2003) and emotional intelligence in sport (lane, 2009). The causal relationships between the variables obtained by a structural equations model via Smart Pls software.
Findings: The analysis revealed while emotional intelligence did not predict fear of failure (β= 0.068, p>0.05), resilience predicted it negatively (β= -0.694, p>0.05). Emotional intelligence also had positive predictive effects on resilience (β= 0.458, p>0.05). Moreover, the mediation analysis showed resilience significantly mediated the effect of emotional intelligence on fear of failure (p>0.001). The results suggests resilience has the full mediation role, not partial. Because emotional intelligence did not predict fear of failure. It means the effect of emotional intelligence on fear of failure in athletes, completely, depends on resilience.
Conclusion: These results help to better understand the importance of improving resilience in athletes as a fundamental psychological skill.
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