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The Characteristics of Coaches that Verbally or Physically Abuse Young Athletes

The Characteristics of Coaches that Verbally or Physically Abuse Young Athletes

Authors :
Ryoichi Nagatomi
Nobuyuki Itaya
Takuya Sekiguchi
Yasuhito Sogi
Masahiro Tsuchiya
Yutaka Yabe
Yoshihiro Hagiwara
Kenji Kanazawa
Kaoru Kuroki
Toshihisa Yano
Shinichiro Yoshida
Masashi Koide
Eiji Itoi
Haruki Momma
Source :
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 244:297-304
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Tohoku University Medical Press, 2018.

Abstract

Verbal or physical abuse from coaches has a negative impact on young athletes. To prevent abuse against young athletes, it is important to know the characteristics of abusive coaches. This study aimed to elucidate the characteristics of coaches who commit verbal or physical abuse in youth sports teams. A cross-sectional study was conducted with coaches of youth sport teams in Miyagi prefecture, Japan (n = 1,283), using a self-reported questionnaire (response rate was 24.0%). Multivariate logistic regression models were used for analyses. The prevalence of verbal and physical abuse towards young athletes was 64.7% (n = 830) and 6.2% (n = 79), respectively. Verbal abuse was significantly associated with lower educational attainment (odds ratio (OR): 1.32, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.03-1.69), experiences of verbal abuse by own coaches (OR: 1.85, 95% CI: 1.37-2.50), acceptability for verbal or physical abuse (OR: 2.53, 95% CI: 1.82-3.52), and dissatisfaction with athletes' attitude (OR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.26-2.07). Physical abuse was significantly associated with experiences of physical abuse by respondents' coaches (OR: 2.71, 95% CI: 1.50-4.92), acceptability for verbal or physical abuse (OR: 3.89, 95% CI: 2.39-6.33), and longer experience of coaching in years (OR: 2.45, 95% CI: 1.20-4.98). The results of this study show that coaches who commit verbal or physical abuse had typically experienced abuse from their former coaches, and adopted a similar style. Breaking the negative cycle of verbal and physical abuse is necessary to eliminate the abuse of young athletes.

Details

ISSN :
13493329 and 00408727
Volume :
244
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f913dbdb1921415a9785e549c6d91a9c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.244.297