Purpose:Athlete must recognize and manage one's emotions, as well as their opponents and teammates emotions, in order to perform well in sports. the comparison of the expression of emotional skills among individual and team sports male athletes revealed that team sports male athletes have higher rate of self-awareness and self-regulation skills than individual sports male athletes (p < .05). Meanwhile, Student's t test for independent samples showed that there no significant differences between individual and team sports male athletes in terms of their abilities to express emotions, and self-esteem skills (p > .05). Conclusions:the findings of the quantitative study confirmed our research hypothesis that male athletes who compete in team sports will have more developed emotional skills than those in individual sports: team sports male athletes have more developed self-awareness and self-regulation skills than individual sports male athletes.

The main research question of this chapter focusses on what peculiarities and especially barriers occur when teachers implement social emotional learning (SEL) programs in urban and rural school settings. First, this study defines SEL and introduces core social emotional competencies, explores the concept of barriers, and presents their classification. Second, the justification of the research methodology and instrument is performed. Third, the results of a quantitative study using a written survey of teachers (N=619) from different urban and rural school settings in Lithuania as well as possible solutions to reduce barriers and recommendations are presented. The present study revealed that barriers, such as students' attitudes toward SEL, resources (financial, time, and material), training and guidance, teachers' emotional well-being, and acceptance of change were predominant in the implementation of SEL programs by teachers in Lithuanian schools. The success of the implementation of SEL programs also depends on the school location and sociodemographic characteristics of teachers.

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