The psychological state on the post injured football athletes / Muhammad Afif Asmadi

The purpose of this study was to identify the psychological state on the post-injured football
players. About 124 players from Kuantan Football League were selected as the subject through
purposive sampling technique and were divided into two groups which was post-injured
players and non-injured players. This two groups were then to answer Depression Anxiety and
Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaire to measure the stress, anxiety and depression level of
these two groups. Scores of the data were then analyzed through the use of Graphpad Prism
using an independent sample t-test as the statistical analysis. The results of the study had found
that there was a significant difference between two groups for their stress, anxiety and
depression levels. Hence, it can be concluded that the psychological state of the post-injured
players will be affected due to the injury and can be used as the benchmark to monitor their
psychological responses.