This study explores the relationship of resilience and emotional intelligence as predictors of athletic performance among competitive athletes. This study addresses the growing need to understand how the psychological factors contribute to performance beyond physical abilities. A total of 156 athletes aged 18–25 years, competing at the state level or higher, are assessed using the Resilience Scale (RS), Sports Emotional Intelligence Test (SEIT), and Athlete’s Subjective Performance Scale (ASPS).The Correlation analysis indicates a positive significant relationship between emotional intelligence and athletic performance (r = .300, p < .001). Also, this study reveals that emotional intelligence as a significant positive predictor of athletic performance (B = 0.0987, p < .001). Among the resilience components, composure positively predicts performance, while perseverance and faith show significantly negative predictive effect.These findings highlight the importance of emotional intelligence and specific resilience components in enhancing athletic performance.
Kapur et al. (Fri,) studied this question.