The Measure of Physical and Psychological States for Sport Injury in Thai Athletes

Abstract

This study aimed to study and compare the physical and psychological states for sport injury in Thai athletes classified by gender. Participants were 248 Thai athletes who got sport injured (male = 162, female = 86), age ranging between 18–21 years old, from 23 sports. Purposive sampling was used to particularly select the sport injured athletes to participate in this study. Equipment used in this study was the Measure of Physical and Psychological States for Sport Injury (MPPSSI) developed form the Measure of Physical and Psychological States in Sports, Bhasavanija, Cherathammawat, Chobthamasakul, & Poompin, 2015). The Intraclass Correlation Cronbach’s Alpha reliability value was 0.81 and the apart-7-day test-retest reliability value was 0.69 analysed by using the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. This measure consists of five components and 18 subscales: quality of life, confidence, anxiety, perception of pain, and perception of
muscle tension. Mean, Standard Deviation, and t-test for Independent were used mention the results.
Results were;
Studying the physical and psychological states for sport injury in injured athletes was that overall mean was moderate level ( = 2.49, S.D. = 1.18) in which the 1st sport injury component was the Quality of Life (positive) overall as much level ( = 2.72, S.D. = .90), and the last component was the Perception of Pain (negative) overall as less level (= 2.72, S.D. = 1.05). Comparison of physical and psychological states for sport injury between male and female injured athletes in all components had no statistical difference (t = 1.07, p = .28) among 18 subscales, however, when the mean of each subscale was examined found that the male overall mean ( = 2.44, S.D. = .51) was higher than of females ( = 2.36, S.D. = .46) for all components, except that females ( = 2.48, S.D. = .59) had higher the Confidence level than males ( = 2.39, S.D. = .76).