Coaching behavior : any consequences for the prevalence of sexual harassment?
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International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 2011, 6(2), 229-241.Sammendrag
Coaches can easily dominate athletes and this unbalanced power
distribution may be strengthened by authoritarian behavior; i.e. negative
feedback, directive communication, coach-led decision making, taskcentered
role orientation, and goal orientation on performance. An
unwanted risk emerges when the power is abused, which can lead to the
occurrence of sexual harassment. This article examines whether
authoritarian coaching behaviors may have any implications for female
athletes’ experiences of sexual harassment from male and female
coaches. The participants in this survey were 399 female sport & PE
students from Czech Republic, Greece and Norway. The study revealed
that both the prevalence of authoritarian behaviors and of sexual
harassment were significantly higher from male coaches. There was a
higher prevalence of sexual harassment experiences from both male and
female coaches among those participants who had experienced
authoritarian behaviors compared to those who did not. This indicates that
authoritarian behaviors are a stronger predictor of experiences of sexual
harassment than the gender of the coach.
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© 2011 Multi-Science Publishing.