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Table 4.

Outcomes of the exploratory analysis of the correlation between emotional intelligence and sports performance.

	Sample		Effect Size Statistic			Heterogeneity
Subgroups	K	N	r	95% CI	Z	Q	p
Type of sport
Team sport	13	1109	0.16 **	[0.07, 0.25]	3.28	0.29	0.96
Individual sport	4	470	0.19 **	[0.10, 0.27]	4.04
Both of them	3	588	0.1 5*	[0.02, 0.29]	2.21
A clear allocation not possible	2	1264	0.15	[−0.05, 0.33]	1.43
Level of expertise in sports
Elite athletes	2	56	0.32 *	[0.06, 0.54]	2.35	4.52	0.34
Professional athletes	12	1199	0.14 **	[0.04, 0.23]	2.80
Amateur athletes	1	28	0.25	[−0.14, 0.57]	1.28
From elite to amateur athletes	5	1805	0.15 **	[0.05, 0.24]	2.94
A clear allocation not possible	2	343	0.25 **	[0.15, 0.35]	4.72
Measurement of sports performance
Level of expertise	6	1809	0.12 *	[0.03, 0.22]	2.50	3.89	0.27
Statistical accounts	11	847	0.16 **	[0.05, 0.26]	2.75
Assessment of sports performance	4	723	0.23 **	[0.16, 0.30]	6.31
Physiological parameters	1	52	0.26	[−0.01, 0.50]	1.86
Conceptualisation of EI
Ability approach to emotional intelligence	5	517	0.19 *	[0.02, 0.35]	2.20	4.98	0.17
Mixed models of emotional intelligence	5	379	0.03	[−0.11, 0.17]	0.48
Trait approach to emotional intelligence	5	1356	0.19 *	[0.04, 0.32]	2.53
A clear allocation not possible	7	1179	0.20 **	[0.15, 0.26]	7.01
Measurement of EI
self-report	20	3322	0.16 **	[0.11, 0.22]	5.47	0.30	0.58
ability-test	2	109	0.37	[−0.37, 0.82]	0.97	0.30	0.58
Number of citations
0–10	10	1305	0.15 **	[0.09, 0.21]	4.88	2.31	0.51
11–50	5	1712	0.19 **	[0.07, 0.30]	3.18
>50	6	214	0.21	[−0.05, 0.43]	1.59
Not specified	1	200	0.25 **	[0.12, 0.38]	3.64
Peer reviewed document
Peer-reviewed documents	16	2350	0.14 **	[0.06, 0.22]	3.54	1.50	0.22
Non peer-reviewed documents	6	1081	0.20 **	[0.14, 0.26]	6.68	1.50	0.22
Year of publication
2001–2009	7	244	0.25 *	[0.01, 0.46]	2.00	0.47	0.49
2010–2018	15	3187	0.16 **	[0.11, 0.22]	5.77	0.47	0.49

Random effect model. k = study numbers; N = total sample size; r = effect size (Pearson’s r); CI = confidence interval [lower limit, upper limit]; Z = Z-Value; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; Q = Q-value total between subgroups. p = p-value.