The Role of Cultural Intelligence on Self-Esteem and Family Conflict Resolution Among Athletes

Regarding the importance of resolving family problems on athletic progress and identifying the underlying factors, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of cultural intelligence on self-esteem and family conflict resolutions among athletes. The research method was correlational analytic and the research society included all married athletes (both male and female) in different sport disciplines of individual and team sports from Shahin Shahr, Isfahan. For this purpose, 180 athletes responded to the research questionnaires using available sampling method out of which 179 questionnaires were analyzed. The research tool was consisted of Cultural Intelligence Questionnaire designed by Erlie & Ange (2004), Cooper Smith’s Self-Esteem Questionnaire (1967) and Rahim’s Family Conflict Resolution Questionnaire (2003). Data was analyzed using SPSS23 and AMOS22 software. Results showed that the only relationship between self-esteem and motivational dimension of cultural intelligence was significant (p <0.05). Besides, the relationship between cultural intelligence and its dimensions except behavior dimension with family self-esteem was significant (p <0.05). Furthermore, the relationship between cultural intelligence and its dimensions with the styles of family conflict resolution was significant (p <0.05). The results of structural equation modeling also showed that the model of relationship between cultural intelligence with self-esteem and the styles of family conflict resolution in athletes has a good fit. Cultural intelligence plays a role in the self-esteem and resolution of athleteschr('39') family conflicts.