The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of children's participation in physical activity on development of emotional intelligence. The subjects for this research were selected from elementary school students who were sport player and part...
The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of children's participation in physical activity on development of emotional intelligence. The subjects for this research were selected from elementary school students who were sport player and participated in physical activity in sport centers or gyms in Namyangjusi and Furisi and an affiliated organization Kyonggido during 2001-2002. The study used a stratified cluste random sampling method. A questionnaire was used in practice to analyze 297(99%) of 300 subjects.
The Cronbach's α of .702∼.769 of mean was based on a questionnaire, which examined emotional recognition, emotional expression, emotional introduction, and emotion application.
The research used descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Fisher's LSD (Least Significant Difference) post hoc comparison, standard multiple regression, and correlation coefficient. The results of this study were as follows:
First, according to the demographic characteristics, the results were as follows. There was a statistically significant correlation between the distinction of sex and development of children's emotional intelligence, but there was not a correlation between age, or residence and development of children's emotional intelligence.
There was a statistically significant correlation between the mother's job and the development of children's emotional intelligence, but there was not a statistically significant correlation between the father's job and the factor. There was a statistically significant correlation between the father's education level and children's development of emotion intelligence, but there was not a statistically significant correlation between the mother's education level and the factor. Also, there was a statistically significant correlation between the parent's concern and others emotion control ability among the development of children's emotional intelligence.
Second, according to the demographic characteristics, there was a statistically significant correlation between the distinction of sex and children's participation frequency, and between age and participation term and frequency in physical activity. There was a statistically significant correlation between residence and participation intensity and frequency. There was a statistically significant correlation between the father's job and participation intensity and term, and between the mother's job and participation intensity. There was a statistically significant correlation between the father's education level and participation intensity, but was not a significant correlation between the mother's education level and participation. Also, there was a significant correlation between parent's concern and participation intensity.
Third, there was not a statistically significant correlation between participation type and children's development of emotional intelligence.
Fourth, according to the children's participation in physical activity, the children's participation intensity was affected by their emotional recognition, but other variables were not effected.
Finally, there was a statistically significant correlation between children's development of emotional intelligence and the primary factors examined above.