A study was conducted on 74 school first- and second-team rugby players from four Pretoria high
schools, to investigate whether start-up A-team players differ significantly from other (B-team
start-up and reserve) players on emotional intelligence. It was further investigated whether
emotional intelligence is a predictor of rugby performance if measured as being included into the
study’s ‘best team’ or being a start-up A-team school rugby player. Various other physical,
psychological, social and spiritual predictors were also investigated singularly and in combination
with the emotional intelligence predictor to indicate performance. Data were gathered through a
self-reporting questionnaire developed by the researcher. The main methods for analysing data
used included the Mann-Whitney Test and the Logistic Regression analysis. The study found
certain spiritual and social predictor aspects to be significantly related to performance in rugby
but not emotional intelligence. Certain underlying emotional aspects where more significant to
the study’s B-team players’ performance. / Spiritual aspects / M.A. (Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/4922 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Knobel, Daniël Pieter |
| Contributors | Ferns, I. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xii, 227 leaves). ill. |
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