Ethical club climate and coaching style : unveiling their role in coach-perpetrated psychological abuse of gymnasts
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- Cleo Schyvinck (UGent) , Felien Laureys (UGent) , Elisa Lefever (UGent) , Bram Constandt (UGent) , Tine Vertommen (UGent) , Leen Haerens (UGent) and Annick Willem (UGent)
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- Athlete well-being and safety is of central importance to the field of sport management. Despite the growing attention of researchers, policy makers, and practitioners on interpersonal violence in sport, the issue remains prevalent. The most occurring form of interpersonal violence-coach-perpetrated psychological abuse of athletes-remains understudied. This gap was addressed in this study by exploring the dynamic interplay between individual coaching behaviors and organizational club characteristics in subelite-level gymnastics in Flanders (Belgium). The findings indicate a relationship between coaching style, club climate, and psychological abuse perpetrated by coaches. Gymnasts that perceived their coaches as more controlling, and/or the club climate as unethical also experienced more psychological abuse by their coaches. Furthermore, the club climate was found to moderate the relation between controlling coaching and psychological abuse, indicating the importance of taking an organizational and management lens to the issue of interpersonal violence in sport.
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- interpersonal violence, gymnastic, sethical climate, controlling coaching, ethics management, SPORT, INTERVENTION, BEHAVIOR, CONTEXT, ORGANIZATIONS, VALIDATION, MOTIVATION, HARASSMENT, LEADERSHIP
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JHST2VP1X04JX6SKRZG71YV7
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- Schyvinck, Cleo, et al. “Ethical Club Climate and Coaching Style : Unveiling Their Role in Coach-Perpetrated Psychological Abuse of Gymnasts.” JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT, vol. 39, no. 2, 2025, pp. 114–27, doi:10.1123/jsm.2024-0060.
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- Schyvinck, C., Laureys, F., Lefever, E., Constandt, B., Vertommen, T., Haerens, L., & Willem, A. (2025). Ethical club climate and coaching style : unveiling their role in coach-perpetrated psychological abuse of gymnasts. JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT, 39(2), 114–127. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0060
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- Schyvinck, Cleo, Felien Laureys, Elisa Lefever, Bram Constandt, Tine Vertommen, Leen Haerens, and Annick Willem. 2025. “Ethical Club Climate and Coaching Style : Unveiling Their Role in Coach-Perpetrated Psychological Abuse of Gymnasts.” JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT 39 (2): 114–27. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0060.
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- Schyvinck, Cleo, Felien Laureys, Elisa Lefever, Bram Constandt, Tine Vertommen, Leen Haerens, and Annick Willem. 2025. “Ethical Club Climate and Coaching Style : Unveiling Their Role in Coach-Perpetrated Psychological Abuse of Gymnasts.” JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT 39 (2): 114–127. doi:10.1123/jsm.2024-0060.
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- 1.Schyvinck C, Laureys F, Lefever E, Constandt B, Vertommen T, Haerens L, et al. Ethical club climate and coaching style : unveiling their role in coach-perpetrated psychological abuse of gymnasts. JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT. 2025;39(2):114–27.
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- [1]C. Schyvinck et al., “Ethical club climate and coaching style : unveiling their role in coach-perpetrated psychological abuse of gymnasts,” JOURNAL OF SPORT MANAGEMENT, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 114–127, 2025.
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