Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between psychological violence by coaches and conformity of athletes to the sport ethic. The objectives of this study are to verify whether the athletes’ conformity with sport ethic norms is related to psychological violence by the coach and whether this relationship varies in function of sex and type of sport practiced by the athlete. Athletes (n = 1089) from Canada aged 14–17 years in various sports completed an online questionnaire. Athletes responded to validated scales assessing psychological violence by coaches and conformity to the sport ethic norms. To study the relationship between these two factors, correlations were performed and a multiple linear regression model was used. This study demonstrated associations between the norms ‘self-sacrifice’ and ‘refusal to accept their limits’ and psychological violence by the coach. These relationships were moderated by sex and type of sport. Among girls participating in individual sports, the more they conformed to ‘self-sacrifice’, the more they experienced psychological violence by the coach. Conversely, among boys participating in team sports, the more they also conformed to this norm, the less they experienced this form of violence. Moreover, regardless of sex, the more athletes participating in individual sports conformed to the ‘refusal to accept their limits’ norm, the less they appeared to experience psychological violence by their coach.

摘要

本研究的目的是探讨教练的心理暴力与运动员遵守体育道德之间的关系。本研究的目的是验证运动员对体育道德规范的遵守是否与教练的心理暴力有关，以及这种关系是否因运动员的性别和运动类型而异。运动员 ( n = 1089) 来自加拿大的 14-17 岁的各种运动项目完成了在线问卷调查。运动员对经过验证的量表做出反应，该量表评估教练的心理暴力以及是否符合体育道德规范。为了研究这两个因素之间的关系，进行了相关性分析，并使用了多元线性回归模型。这项研究证明了规范“自我牺牲”和“拒绝接受自己的极限”与教练的心理暴力之间的关联。这些关系受到性别和运动类型的调节。在参加个人运动项目的女生中，越是符合“自我牺牲”，就越是受到教练的心理暴力。反之，在参加团体运动的男孩中，他们也越符合这一规范，就越少经历这种形式的暴力。