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Citation

Parent S, Lavoie F, Thibodeau MÈ, Hébert M, Blais M. J. Interpers. Violence 2016; 31(16): 2666-2686.

Affiliation

Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260515580366

PMID

25873593

Abstract

This is the first study to report the prevalence of sexual violence perpetrated by a sport coach within a representative sample of the general population of adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years (N = 6,450). The questionnaire administered in high schools includes self-reported measures on a variety of dimensions relevant to the study of victimization, including sexual abuse, sexual contacts perceived as consensual, sexual harassment, and involvement in an organized sport context. Descriptive and chi-square analyses were performed. The results show that 0.5% of adolescents experienced sexual abuse involving a coach. When considering all adolescents who experienced sexual abuse in their lifetime (10.2%), it appears that 5.3% of them were victims of sexual abuse by a coach. Participants also reported experiencing sexual harassment from a coach (0.4%) and consensual sexual contacts (1.2%) with a coach in the 12 months preceding the study. Questions are raised on the overrepresentation of boys in situations of sexual victimization experiences in an organized sport context.


Language: en

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