The main purpose of the study was to compare Emotional Intelligence among male and female on the basis of their participation in sports. The study was conducted on 400 subjects in which 200 males & 200 females selected as a sample. All the selected subjects were studying in different schools of Himachal Pradesh State. The age of the sample ranged from 13–18 years and all the samples were selected from random basis. To assess Emotional Intelligence of selected subjects, Emotional Intelligence Inventory is developed by S.K. Mangal & Shubhra Mangal (1995) was used and this inventory is highly reliable & valid to assess emotional intelligence of selected subjects. The scoring was done according to the rule led down the authors. The ANOVA test was used to find out the significant difference among various study groups. Results found that male players have shown greater magnitude of emotional intelligence followed by female players and male non players & female non players have shown least amount of emotional intelligence.
Emotional Intelligence, Male, Female (Players & Non Players) etc
