Abstract. (Palmer and Stough 2001) defined as Emotional intelligence as 'the capacity to deal effectively with one's own and others' emotions 'Previous empirical studies in this area have indicated that the construct of emotional intelligence provides an athlete with an understanding of their specific emotional competencies, and therefore a better understanding and awareness of how to use emotions in sport. The comparison of the study is to attempt and examine the differences between female and male athletes of Lusaka Province with respect to their emotional intelligence in the selected variables such as Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Motivation, Empathy, Social skills.It was assumed that female athletes would have high emotional intelligence as compared to the male athletes. "Emotional Intelligence Test" developed by Dr. N. K. Chadha (1998) was applied on all of the participants of the study (i.e. 30 female and 40 male athletes).Were selected random for this study Statistical analysis by computation of "t-test" revealed a significant difference in the emotional intelligence of female and male athletes of Lusaka Province. The results confirmed the hypothesis differences in relation to emotional intelligence, findings of the current study indicate that females are more emotionally intelligent than male athletes. The higher level of emotional intelligence of female than male in Lusaka Province are explained in terms of traditional trends, pattern of society and social roles assigned to male and female with respect to African culture in Zambia.Keywords: Emotional; Intelligence; Athletes; Male; Female. Introduction.Until recently, the role of emotional intelligence in performance had primarily been studied within the corporate environment or the workplace. Such research has indicated that individuals with better emotional intelligence typically perform with greater success than individuals who have less effective ways of dealing with emotions. As most people would agree, the 'workplace' of the elite athlete is both the competitive and training environment, yet it is during competition that an athlete's performance is ultimately evaluated.Like IQ or heart rate, emotional intelligence is a measurable concept. Recent research at South Australian Sports Institute has found that emotional intelligence is best assessed within the competitive sporting environment using a General Sporting version of the Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test. A self-report measure, the General Sporting version of the Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test, consists of 64 statements related to how the individual recognises, expresses and understands their emotions during athletic performance.In a recent study, we looked at emotional states associated with success and failure in sport competition and academic examinations (3). The expansion of sport science as an academic study means that growing numbers of students experience the dual stresses of taking examinations and participating in competition. The results of this...
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