Does Emotional Intelligence Affect Mental Toughness in Physically Disabled Athletes?

The aim of this research is to determine the determinative role emotional intelligence sub-dimensions (Assessing others emotions, evaluating their own regulating using social skills, use emotion) in determining levels mental toughness athletes with disabilities. A total 261 from 165 disabled (wheelchair basketball, amputee football, sitting volleyball, badminton), male (63.2%) (24.40±5.48 years old) and 96 female (36.0%) participated voluntarily. Within scope research, information about socio-demographic variables was collected by personal form created researchers. To reach purpose research; Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire made Altıntaş Bayar (2015) Emotional Intelligence Inventory adapted Turkish Adiloğulları Görgülü were used. In analysis data, firstly, when skewness kurtosis values for normality assumptions examined, it determined that distribution normal. direction correlation relationship between variables, stepwise regression used power independent predicting dependent variables. According findings obtained as a result has been are important determinants levels, completed three stages explains 56% variance.