Fereshteh Mohebbi; Rasool Norouzi Seyed hossini; Marjan Saffari; Hossien Aghaeenia,
Abstract
Abuse in sports is an undeniable problem and it happens in different ways, therefore identifying the factors influencing the occurrence of this social problem is one of the main goals of sports officials in the world. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors affecting the formation of ...
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Abuse in sports is an undeniable problem and it happens in different ways, therefore identifying the factors influencing the occurrence of this social problem is one of the main goals of sports officials in the world. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors affecting the formation of abuse in sports, which was done with a qualitative method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The participants in this research were 14 participants, specialists, experts and experts in the field of abuse in sports, who were selected based on the established criteria. In order to analyze the data, the thematic analysis method of Brown and Clark (2006) was used. A total of 28 codes were extracted, whose dependability rate is more than 70%, which confirms the trustworthiness of coding. The research results identify six factors as effective in the formation of abuse, which are: 1) coercion and force on the athlete's privacy, 2) abuse of power, 3) absurd trust in others, 4) unexpected and unwanted occurrence, 5) taking a point. Weakness from the athlete and 6) denial of harassment. Based on the results of this research, being aware of the factors affecting the formation of abuse in sports makes this issue easier to understand and to have an accurate understanding of the occurrence of abuse in order to create a ground for preventing this important issue and most importantly, sports it became a safe environment for athletes.