Emotional intelligence as a resource to overcome emotional burnout in sports activity

Abstract

The study of the various forms of stress and their influence on the health and professional activity of a person is the subject for applied psychology researches over the last decades. The special consideration is given to the matters of stress at work, which has the multifactor nature and a negative influence not only on somatic and mental health of a person but the internal environment as a whole. The occupational stress has different forms; among them is a “burnout” syndrome. Initially this  phenomenon has been revealed in “assistant” professions, and this  number of specialists subjected to it has considerably increased. The main research task of the emotional “burnout” syndrome is to study its nature, especially those internal factors that contribute to its occurrence. Most researchers assume that there exist certain personality features of a man that cause the development of burnout symptoms. They are self-concept, anxiety, type A behavior, self-esteem, and the sense of humor, coping-strategies, locus of control, empathy, emotional intelligence and work motivation