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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
- Source :
- The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 244:297-304
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Tohoku University Medical Press, 2018.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
education
Verbal abuse
Coaching
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Japan
Surveys and Questionnaires
Prevalence
Humans
Child Abuse
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Response rate (survey)
biology
Verbal Behavior
Athletes
business.industry
Mentors
030229 sport sciences
General Medicine
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
biology.organism_classification
Confidence interval
Educational attainment
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Physical abuse
Attitude
Multivariate Analysis
Female
Psychology
business
human activities
Sports
Clinical psychology
Subjects
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