Author: Kanchan Gautam Ingle & Dr. Sanjay M. Madavi
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/PP/020300029
Abstract: Every human being has the need for adjustment, which is distinguished by its uniqueness, dynamicity, pervasiveness, and necessity. The precise nature, extent, and quality of adjustment are determined by a variety of factors, including genetic endowment, socio-cultural context, and individual characteristics. Sports relationships are distinct and require various kinds of performance from athletes. The emotions are one of the most important adjustment stakeholders in the realm of sports and games. The goal of the current study was to provide insight into how gender and emotional adjustment influence athletes’ adaptability. Two hundred athletes, equally divided between males and females, participated in the study. Standardized psychometric instruments were used to assess the athletes’ emotional intelligence and adaptability. The findings showed that the four components and overall mean scores of emotional intelligences varied across males and females. The mean emotional intelligence score of the female participants was greater than that of the male participants, and they also performed better on the intrapersonal awareness and intrapersonal management components of emotional adjustment. On the other hand, emotional intelligence’s interpersonal awareness and interpersonal management components showed no gender differences. Furthermore, there were statistically significant positive connections between the emotional Adjustment scores and each of the four adjustment domainshome, health, social, and emotional. The findings have been examined in the context of contemporary ideas of adjustment and emotional adjustment. The study’s findings have significant theoretical and practical ramifications for academics, administrators, athletes, researchers, and other professionals working in the sports industry, as well as policymakers.
Keywords: Emotional Adjustment, Individual Characteristics, Performance of Athletes, Academic Achievement.
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