The comparison of the depression, anxiety and stress levels of male students between the ages of 13-18 who play football professionally and don't

The study aims to compare the depression, anxiety, and stress levels of male students between the ages of 13-18 who play football professionally with the ones who don't. Subjects for this study consist of 300 students between the ages of 13 and 18. Students in the experimental group are 150 secondary and high school students who play football professionally in a Professional Sport Club's Football Academy; while the students in the control group are 150 secondary and high school students who do not play football professionally. For the purposes of the current study, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, which was adapted to Turkish by Akın and Çetin (2007), was used to identify participants' depression, anxiety and stress levels. The results reveal significant differences between the depression, anxiety and stress levels of teenagers who do and do not do sports.