{"title":"Sexual Harassment of Young Athletes by Their Coaches and Depression, Anxiety, and Stress in Later Life","authors":"Zrinka Greblo Jurakić, Višnja Ljubičić, Lidija Bojić-Ćaćić","doi":"10.5559/di.31.1.07","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of sexual harassment perpetrated by coaches in youth sports activities and to examine the association of those experiences with depression, anxiety, and stress in later life. Study participants were young men and women (n = 501; Mage = 20,86, SD = 1,81) who participated in sports before they turned 18 years old. The results showed that 25 % of participants experienced some form of sexual harassment by coaches while they were minors. Participants who had this kind of experience obtained higher results on depression, anxiety, and stress scales. The results indicate the need to undertake measures aimed at preventing and stopping sexual harassment in youth sport.","PeriodicalId":45161,"journal":{"name":"Drustvena Istrazivanja","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Drustvena Istrazivanja","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5559/di.31.1.07","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIAL ISSUES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of sexual harassment perpetrated by coaches in youth sports activities and to examine the association of those experiences with depression, anxiety, and stress in later life. Study participants were young men and women (n = 501; Mage = 20,86, SD = 1,81) who participated in sports before they turned 18 years old. The results showed that 25 % of participants experienced some form of sexual harassment by coaches while they were minors. Participants who had this kind of experience obtained higher results on depression, anxiety, and stress scales. The results indicate the need to undertake measures aimed at preventing and stopping sexual harassment in youth sport.
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Društvena istraživanja is a journal for general social issues, embracing complete thematic and disciplinary openness. It publishes works in different social disciplines (sociology, psychology, political science, psychiatry, history, law, economics, demography, linguistics etc.), but also publishes work that transcends the frontiers of individual disciplines. Papers are subject to anonymous review procedures. Indexed in: Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences (CC/S&BS)