Abstract: The aim of this study is to compare the emotional intelligence of male athletes and non-athletes of senior secondary school of Jaipur. There were 25 national level male athletes and 25 male non-athletes were selected as subjects for this study. Purposive sampling technique was used to conducting for this study. The sample for the study was selected from various schools in Jaipur. A standard psychological questionnaire constructed by Dr. Arun kumar Singh and Dr. Shruti Narain was used to measure emotional intelligence. To check the difference in the level of emotional intelligence, an independent sample "t" test was used to compare emotional intelligence between male athletes and male non-athletes of senior secondary school of Jaipur. The significance level was set at 0.05. The results of this study show that there was no significant difference between senior secondary school of Jaipur in terms of emotional intelligence.

Keywords: Emotional intelligence, Athletes, Non-athlete etc.