Emotional Intelligence and Personality Traits of Dancers and Non -Dancers

Abstract

The study intends to investigate the differences in emotional intelligence and personality traits between dancers and non-dancers. A total of 101 dancers and 120 non-dancers were selected through simple random sampling for this research. To analyze the data, an independent t-test was employed to assess group differences. The findings indicate no significant difference in the overall emotional intelligence between dancers and non-dancers. However, with regard to personality traits, the analysis reveals that dancers exhibit significantly higher levels of all traits, except for conscientiousness. In particular, dancers possess the personality trait of openness to experience.