Table 2.
Results of the MANOVA analysis for recovery stress states in the low EI and high EI groups.
| Low Emotional Intelligence (n = 7) | High Emotional Intelligence (n = 6) | Tukey’s HSD Interpretation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-MUM (1) | Per-MUM (2) | Post-MUM (3) | Pre-MUM (4) | Per-MUM (5) | Post-MUM (6) | ||
| M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | M(SD) | ||
| Recovery (R) | 3.30 (0.23) * | 3.32 (0.11) * | 3.48 (0.14) * | 4.02 (0.23) *µ | 3.57 (0.11) * | 3.40 (0.14) * | |
| EI-level effect | F(1, 11) = 5.23, p = 0.04, ηp2 = 0.322 | R in high EI > R in low EI | |||||
| Time effect | F(2, 22) = 9.10, p = 0.001, ηp2 = 0.452 | R at Pre-MUM > R at Per- and Post-MUM | |||||
| EI level * Time | F(2, 22) = 12.53, p = 0.0002, ηp2 = 0.532 | 1 < 4; 4 > 5–6 | |||||
| Stress (S) | 2.70 (0.15) | 2.84 (0.18) | 3.01 (0.16) | 2.45 (0.16) | 2.56 (0.19) | 2.82 (0.17) | |
| EI-level effect | F(1, 11) = 1.53, p = 0.24, ηp2 = 0.122 | NS | |||||
| Time effect | F(2, 22) = 4.36, p = 0.03, ηp2 = 0.283 | S at Pre-MUM < S at Post-MUM | |||||
| EI level * Time | F(2, 22) = 0.07, p = 0.93 | NS | |||||
Note. * Mean of recovery significantly higher than mean of stress. NS = non-significant; µ Mean of Pre-MUM recovery in high EI group significantly higher than Mean of pre-MUM recovery in low EI group.