The primary aim of the research is to examine the relationship between the emotional intelligence levels of students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences and their psychological resilience and psychological well-being levels. In line with this objective, a total of 314 students from all departments of Bayburt University’s Faculty of Sports Sciences were included in the study. This study, conducted using the relational screening model, utilized 4 different forms of data collection. These are, respectively: “Personal Information Form”, the “Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale” and “Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale Short Form” and “Brief Psychological Resilience Scale”. All collected data were analyzed in the SPPS (24th version) software package. During this process, frequency and percentage calculations were performed, followed by t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson and Spearman correlation analyses, as well as regression analyses significant findings were observed in relation to participants' emotional intelligence based on variables such as gender, department-class level, and years of sports experience. In terms of psychological well-being, significant differences were found for gender, class level, and years of sports experience, whereas in the psychological resilience parameter, only gender was found to have a significant effect. The relationship analyses revealed that all sub-dimensions of the Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale were positively correlated with psychological well-being and psychological resilience. Regression analysis results indicated that emotional intelligence, as the independent variable, explained 52% of psychological well-being and 17% of psychological resilience. In conclusion, there is a relationship between emotional intelligence, psychological well-being, and psychological resilience levels of students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences.
Boz et al. (Tue,) studied this question.