Abstract:

Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability of a person to understand his / her own feelings, to empathize with others' feelings, and to regulate their feelings so that they can enrich their lives. It is defined as academic procrastination behavior to start or end the academic referral to the next day. It is thought that the level of emotional intelligence has an effect on the academic procrastination behavior of the athlete students, acting on the differences in the problems they are experiencing. In this research, it is aimed to examine the emotional intelligence levels and academic procrastination behaviors of Bocce athletes. In the research participated actively in Bocce (Petanque) athletes, a total of 191 athletes, 81 of them female and 110 male. Research data; Personal Information Form, Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale and Academic Postponement Scale. Anova, Tukey, T-test, Correlation, Multiple Linear Regression and Kruskall Wallis test were used for statistical analysis of the data. As a result of the study, the emotional intelligence subscales of bocce athletes were evaluated with optimism (r = -, 234; p <0.05), use of emotions (r = -, 331; p < 0.05) and evaluation of the emotions (r=-,334; p<0.05) and  there were significant negative correlations between academic procrastination behaviors. According to the results of multiple linear regression analysis conducted to investigate the effect of the level of emotional intelligence on academic procrastination behavior; Emotional intelligence sub-dimensions (optimism, use of emotions and evaluation of emotions) were found to have a significant effect on academic procrastination behavior. The results were discussed in the light of relevant literature and suggestions were presented.

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