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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To explore the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health among high-performance competitive sports coaches, as well as the serial mediating effect of positive coping styles and resilience between the two variables, so as to provide a theoretical basis for improving coaches\u2019 mental health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A questionnaire survey was conducted among 172 high-performance competitive sports coaches in Sichuan Province, China. Four measurement tools were adopted, including the Emotional Intelligence Scale, Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and Resilience Scale. Data were analyzed via serial mediation analysis with Hayes\u2019 PROCESS Macro Model 6.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Mental health of high-performance competitive sports coaches was significantly negatively correlated with emotional intelligence (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f\u22120.213) and resilience (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f\u22120.402) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.01), and significantly positively correlated with negative coping styles (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.356,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.01). Emotional intelligence showed a significant positive correlation with positive coping styles (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.328) and resilience (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.437) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.01). The mediation effect test indicated that three correlational indirect pathways linking emotional intelligence to mental health were identified in mediation models. Resilience exerted an independent mediating effect, and positive coping styles combined with resilience played a chain mediating effect. By contrast, the independent mediating effect of positive coping styles was not established, and the pathway from positive coping styles to mental health was statistically insignificant.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Coaches\u2019 emotional intelligence can predict their mental health, and higher emotional intelligence corresponds to better mental health status. Resilience acts as an independent mediator between emotional intelligence and mental health. Positive coping styles and resilience jointly exert a chain mediating effect. Specifically, emotional intelligence is correlated with greater use of positive coping styles and higher resilience, and all three variables jointly display correlational links to better mental health status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2026.1894961","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,13]],"date-time":"2026-07-13T06:23:10Z","timestamp":1783923790000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Emotional intelligence and mental health of high-performance competitive sports coaches: the chain mediating role of coping styles and resilience"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Fa","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Leisure Sports, Chengdu Sport University","place":["Chengdu, 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