Comparison of personality and emotional intelligence of college athletes with and without sports Injuries.

This study aims to determine the relationship between personality and emotional intelligence in 611 college student athletes (mean age: 19.7 ± 1.2 years) with and without sports injuries. The Tokyo University Egogram Version 3 (TEG III) and Emotional Intelligence Scale (EQS) were used to diagnose personality and measure emotional intelligence, respectively. The results revealed the following: 1) CP and A in the ego state were significantly higher in those who had experienced a sports injury; 2) self-awareness, situational awareness, flexibility, and situational emotional intelligence were significantly lower in those who had experienced a sports injury; 3) A was extracted as a factor influencing the presence or absence of sports injury experience in the ego state, and flexibility was extracted in emotional intelligence; and 4) In the relationship between personality and emotional intelligence among those who experienced sports injuries, several factors that influenced emotional intelligence from personality were extracted.