@article{ref1, title="Sexual violence experienced in the sport context by a representative sample of Quebec adolescents", journal="Journal of interpersonal violence", year="2016", author="Parent, Sylvie and Lavoie, Francine and Thibodeau, Marie-Ève and Hébert, Martine and Blais, Martin", volume="31", number="16", pages="2666-2686", 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.

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", language="en", issn="0886-2605", doi="10.1177/0886260515580366", url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260515580366" }