The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence of Coaches and Team Cohesion of Athletes in the 5th Olympiad of Female Students of Payame Noor Universities in 2011

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence of coaches and team cohesion of athletes in the 5th Olympiad of female students of Payame Noor universities in 2011. The method of this study was correlation، and application regarding the aim which was conducted as a field study. The population consisted of all coaches (N=86) and athletes (N=1068) Participating in the 5th Olympiad of female students of Payame Noor universities. Based on Morgan scale، 70 coaches and 258 athletes were selected as the sample by random sampling method. The data were collected by two questionnaires of Emotional Intelligence of Shrink Sybrya and Team Cohesion of Caron. Validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by 8 professors of sport management and reliability was obtained by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient as 0. 79 and 0. 81 respectively. For data analysis، descriptive and inferential statistics (Spearman correlation coefficient and multiple regression) were used. Results showed a positive and significant relationship between all components of emotional intelligence and team cohesion.