Relationship Between Personality And Emotional Intelligence On Sports Performance Of Students - Athletes In Taraba State University, Jalingo

This study was designed to determine the relationship between personality traits and emotional intelligence on sports performance of student-athletes in Taraba State University, Jalingo. The design of this study was a correlational study. The target population of the study are Students of Taraba State University, Jalingo for five elected Faculties 400. Convenient sampling technique was used to select five (5) Faculties consisting of 50 registered Student-athletes with the Sports Unit. The total number of student-athletes male (n=30) and female (n=20). The age of the student-athletes participating in the research range from 19 to 28 years. The mean age of the respondents is 21.5. The instrument used for data collection was Sports Personality Traits Questionnaire and Emotional Intelligence Sports Questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, and percentage count to answer the research questions. Spearman's Correlation Coefficient (rho) tested the only hypothesis and used Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, there is a significant relationship between personality traits and Emotional Intelligence on Sports Performance of Student-athletes in Taraba State University, Jalingo. The result shows that the hypothesis was rejected since there is a significant relationship between personality traits and Emotional Intelligence on Sports Performance of Student-athletes Taraba State University, Jalingo. It was also recommended that coaches, Sports Psychologist, Athletic trainers should employ the use of personality traits and the Emotional Intelligence of Student-athletes place them on training session.