Recreational volleyball and interpersonal intelligence in college students

Abstract

The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between recreational volleyball and interpersonal intelligence. The methodology used is quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, which allowed the variables studied to be analyzed at a given time. The sample consisted of 60 male and female students belonging to the Faculty of Physical Culture of the Central University of Ecuador. A self-reference questionnaire, prepared by the researcher himself and validated by a committee of experts, was used to identify the relationship between recreational volleyball and interpersonal intelligence. To obtain the level of reliability of the survey, Cronbach's Alpha was applied, a descriptive analysis was performed with trend measures, and the Chi-square test was used to establish the relationship of the variables. The results were a significance ρ= .003, it was determined that there is a relationship between recreational volleyball and interpersonal intelligence in the study participants. As conclusions, it can be said that most of the participants agree that recreational volleyball favors interpersonal relationships between peers in Recreational Physical Activity classes.