Transgressive Behavior in Dutch Youth Sport

Nicolette Schipper- van Veldhoven (), Joris Mulder, Boukje Cuelenaere, Robbert Zandvliet, Kimberly Farzan and Miriam Reijnen
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Nicolette Schipper- van Veldhoven: Research Centre Human Movement and Education, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, 8000 GB Zwolle, The Netherlands
Joris Mulder: Centerdata, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
Boukje Cuelenaere: Centerdata, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
Robbert Zandvliet: I&O Research, Enschede/Amsterdam, 1019 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kimberly Farzan: I&O Research, Enschede/Amsterdam, 1019 GM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Miriam Reijnen: Dutch Centre for Sports and Safety, Netherlands Olympic Committee and Netherlands Sports Confederation (NOC*NSF), 6816 VD Arnhem, The Netherlands

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: The current article reports on the second large-scale prevalence study on transgressive behavior in sport in the Netherlands, and is a follow up of an earlier, comparable prevalence study in 2015. Using a dedicated and customized online questionnaire, approximately 4000 adults who met the inclusion criteria (18 to 50 years old and have played sports in an organized context during childhood in the Netherlands) were surveyed with respect to their experiences of childhood psychological, physical, and sexual transgressive behavior while playing sports. The survey showed that 71.7% experienced some form of transgressive behavior as a child, in which 48.6% of these events also made an impact (in other words, was significant at the time it took place). The degree of impact the event made is also related to the severity of the event. Severe emotional transgression events occurred in 22% of the youth athletes, severe physical assault events in 12.7%, and severe sexual assault events occurred in 6.9% of the youth athletes. Disabled athletes, and those competing at national and international levels, report more experiences of transgressive behavior in sport. The results are consistent with former research and indicate the need for structural attention to create a safe sports climate.

Keywords: prevalence; child abuse; harassment; unwanted behavior; transgressive behavior; athlete welfare; organized sport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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