Mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship

This qualitative study aimed to describe the nature of mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship, in the region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal. For our study, we interviewed 12 athletes of federated sports. We focused on young athletes, aged 13-18 years old, who practiced...

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Main Authors: Philippe Marracho, Eduarda Maria Rocha Teles de Castro Coelho, Antonino Manuel Almeida Pereira, Miguel Venda da Graça Nery
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Language:English
Published: FEADEF 2023-09-01
Series:Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
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Online Access:https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/98143
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Eduarda Maria Rocha Teles de Castro Coelho
Antonino Manuel Almeida Pereira
Miguel Venda da Graça Nery
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description This qualitative study aimed to describe the nature of mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship, in the region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal. For our study, we interviewed 12 athletes of federated sports. We focused on young athletes, aged 13-18 years old, who practiced a collective, combat, or individual sports discipline. The data was then studied through content analysis. In the case of athletes as victims, there were no mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship. However, as observers, the athletes have reported forms of abuse in the Athlete-coach relationship, such as verbal emotional abuse and denial of attention and support. As preventative measures for mistreatment behaviours, the athletes mentioned supervision and even the dismissal of the coach. Respondents stress the need to deepen the topic for the strategies to be effective. They emphasize the need to sensitize clubs for the protection of athletes, through investigations in the area under study, for fighting and preventing mistreatment behaviour in sports practice. Keywords: Emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglecting, federated sports.
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spelling doaj-art-85d72f50328047d997d56b0ecfc2d0b02024-12-25T17:21:35ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412023-09-015010.47197/retos.v50.98143Mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationshipPhilippe MarrachoEduarda Maria Rocha Teles de Castro Coelho0Antonino Manuel Almeida Pereira1Miguel Venda da Graça Nery2Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroInstituto Politécnico de ViseuUniversidade Europeia This qualitative study aimed to describe the nature of mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship, in the region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal. For our study, we interviewed 12 athletes of federated sports. We focused on young athletes, aged 13-18 years old, who practiced a collective, combat, or individual sports discipline. The data was then studied through content analysis. In the case of athletes as victims, there were no mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship. However, as observers, the athletes have reported forms of abuse in the Athlete-coach relationship, such as verbal emotional abuse and denial of attention and support. As preventative measures for mistreatment behaviours, the athletes mentioned supervision and even the dismissal of the coach. Respondents stress the need to deepen the topic for the strategies to be effective. They emphasize the need to sensitize clubs for the protection of athletes, through investigations in the area under study, for fighting and preventing mistreatment behaviour in sports practice. Keywords: Emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglecting, federated sports. https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/98143Emotional abusesexual abusephysical abuseneglectingfederated sports
spellingShingle Philippe Marracho
Eduarda Maria Rocha Teles de Castro Coelho
Antonino Manuel Almeida Pereira
Miguel Venda da Graça Nery
Mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship
Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
Emotional abuse
sexual abuse
physical abuse
neglecting
federated sports
title Mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship
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title_full_unstemmed Mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship
title_short Mistreatment behaviours in the Athlete-coach relationship
title_sort mistreatment behaviours in the athlete coach relationship
topic Emotional abuse
sexual abuse
physical abuse
neglecting
federated sports
url https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/98143
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