Gender Differences in Sports-Related Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review.

IF 5.4 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Trauma Violence & Abuse Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI:10.1177/15248380251372157

Annie Yun An Shiau,Kayla D Schick,Kelly McWilliams,Shanna Dewit-Williams

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Abstract

Sports-related child maltreatment (CM) has emerged as a global issue in the past few decades. Despite evidence pointing to gender differences in how children experience and report CM, this literature remains fragmented and limited to sexual abuse in sports. This systematic review identified and synthesized available evidence on the prevalence, perpetrators, outcomes, and disclosures of various sports-related CM subtypes to determine whether these experiences differ across genders. Systematic searches were conducted using three databases (i.e., PsycInfo, MedLine, Scopus) for studies published between the earliest date of each database to May 2024. A total of 509 unique articles were returned, from which 22 met the inclusion criteria. The included studies examined children or adults who participated in organized sports before age 18 and compared a quantitative measure of sports-related CM across genders. Findings revealed higher rates of sports-related neglect, psychological, and sexual violence reported by girls, and higher rates of sports-related physical violence reported by boys. Gender differences were also observed in the common perpetrators and disclosure recipients, with boys reporting more peer-perpetrated violence and disclosures made to coaches, and girls reporting more coach-perpetrated violence and disclosures made to parents. Regardless, severe outcomes of sports-related CM and concerns of underreporting were shared across genders. Future research is needed to establish consistent measurement tools and to explore gender differences in the perceptions and barriers to disclosing all forms of sports-related CM. The need to develop formal reporting structures in sports is also highlighted for policymakers and practitioners.

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体育相关儿童虐待的性别差异：一项系统综述。

在过去的几十年里，体育相关的儿童虐待（CM）已经成为一个全球性的问题。尽管有证据表明儿童在经历和报告性侵犯方面存在性别差异，但这方面的文献仍然是零散的，而且仅限于体育中的性虐待。本系统综述确定并综合了关于各种运动相关CM亚型的患病率、肇事者、结果和披露的现有证据，以确定这些经历是否因性别而异。系统检索三个数据库（PsycInfo, MedLine, Scopus），检索每个数据库最早日期至2024年5月之间发表的研究。共返回509篇独特的文章，其中22篇符合纳入标准。纳入的研究调查了18岁之前参加有组织运动的儿童或成人，并比较了不同性别的运动相关CM的定量测量。调查结果显示，女孩报告的与运动有关的忽视、心理暴力和性暴力发生率较高，男孩报告的与运动有关的身体暴力发生率较高。在常见的施暴者和信息披露接受者中也观察到性别差异，男孩报告更多的同伴暴力行为，并向教练披露，女孩报告更多的教练暴力行为，并向父母披露。无论如何，与运动相关的CM的严重后果和对漏报的担忧在性别之间是共同的。未来的研究需要建立一致的测量工具，并探索性别差异的认知和障碍，以披露所有形式的运动相关的CM。决策者和实践者还强调了在体育运动中建立正式报告结构的必要性。

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Trauma Violence & Abuse Multiple-

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13.60

自引率

7.80%

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131

期刊介绍： Trauma, Violence, & Abuse is devoted to organizing, synthesizing, and expanding knowledge on all force of trauma, abuse, and violence. This peer-reviewed journal is practitioner oriented and will publish only reviews of research, conceptual or theoretical articles, and law review articles. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse is dedicated to professionals and advanced students in clinical training who work with any form of trauma, abuse, and violence. It is intended to compile knowledge that clearly affects practice, policy, and research.