Emotional Intelligence and Social Behaviour among College Sportsman

The present study was aimed to explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and social behavior and also finds out the difference between urban and rural college sportsman related to their emotional intelligence and social behavior. A sample of the study consisted of 60 urban and rural college sportsmen (urban = 30, rural = 30). Their age ranged between 17 to 21 years. Emotional intelligence by Anukool Hyde, Sanjyoot Pethe and Upidhar Dhar and social behavior Scale by Dr. Ashok Sharma were used to data collection. Statistical tools as mean, SD, t value and r value used for analysis the data. The results indicate there is a significant difference between urban and rural college sportsman in regard with their emotional intelligence and social behavior. The results further show that there is a significant positive relationship between emotional intelligence and social behavior of urban and rural college sportsman.