Annals of Biological Research
Abstract
Author(s): ShaminMoradi Dasht, Mahvash Noorbakhsh, Hossein Sepasi
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and communication skills
with burnout in Iranian international table tennis coaches. The population in this research included all coaches
holding Degree in the field of international table tennis coaching in Iran being 150 people in which the whole
population was used as the statistic samples. Collected data from all three questionnaires namedShrink Sybrya
Emotional Intelligence (1986), Barton J. Communication Skills (1990) andMeslech burnout (1996) were used. Data
were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlations between variables (�Ž�± �¢���¤0.05). The results showed that
there is a significant negative correlation between emotional intelligence and the prevalence of burnout in male and
female teachers.Significantnegative correlation was observed among communication skills with the intensity of
burnout in female coaches. Between emotional intelligence and communication skills, the most predictive variable
for burnout is emotional intelligence. Between the subscales of the EI, the best subscales for predicting the
frequency of burnout is sympathy.
