Society, Sport and Physical Activity (GIKAFIT) Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
AKTIBOki: Research Group in Physical Activity, Physical Exercise and Sport, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Sep 16;21(9):1214. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091214.
The prevalence of sexual harassment and abuse in school sport, specifically by coaches against their athletes, remains a concerning and pervasive issue. In an attempt to better understand and prevent specific coach-behaviours associated with such sexual misconduct, researchers have developed the Sexual Violence Questionnaire in Sport. While the reliability of this measurement tool has been tested in Anglo-Saxon cultural contexts, it is not known whether the questionnaire is applicable to other cultural contexts. This study aimed to analyse the internal consistency and reliability of the questionnaire on sexual harassment in sport, originally designed and developed in English. A sample of 146 (52 female, 94 male) undergraduate students from a university in the Basque Country participated in this cross-sectional study. The questionnaire was administered twice over a two-week period to assess test-retest reliability. The internal consistency of the Sexual Violence Questionnaire in Sport was high, with Cronbach's alpha values of 0.891 for perceptions and 0.813 for experiences across all participants. Gender-specific analysis showed similar reliability, with females having slightly lower alpha values for perceptions. Although significant differences were observed between the test and the retest on eight perception items and one experience item, Cohen's kappa analysis indicated agreement on all items; however, some of them were low (e.g., 0.13). In conclusion, the study highlights the questionnaire's overall reliability and suggests its effectiveness as a tool for measuring sexual violence in sport within the Spanish context. Nonetheless, the findings of this study underscore the need for further research to enhance the instrument's stability and to better understand gender differences in perceptions and experiences of sexual violence in sport contexts.
学校体育中，尤其是教练对运动员的性骚扰和性虐待问题仍然普遍存在，令人担忧。为了更好地了解和预防与这种不当性行为相关的特定教练行为，研究人员开发了运动中的性暴力问卷。虽然该测量工具的可靠性已经在英裔文化背景下进行了测试，但尚不清楚问卷是否适用于其他文化背景。本研究旨在分析最初用英语设计和开发的运动中性骚扰问卷的内部一致性和可靠性。这项横断面研究的参与者是巴斯克地区一所大学的 146 名（52 名女性，94 名男性）本科生。该问卷在两周内进行了两次测试，以评估测试-重测信度。运动中性暴力问卷的内部一致性很高，所有参与者的感知部分 Cronbach's alpha 值为 0.891，经验部分为 0.813。性别特异性分析显示出相似的可靠性，女性在感知方面的 alpha 值略低。尽管在八项感知项目和一项经验项目上，测试和重测之间存在显著差异，但 Cohen's kappa 分析表明所有项目都存在一致性；然而，其中一些项目的一致性较低（例如，0.13）。总之，该研究强调了问卷的整体可靠性，并表明其在西班牙背景下作为衡量运动中性暴力的工具是有效的。然而，这项研究的结果强调了需要进一步研究来提高该工具的稳定性，并更好地理解运动中性暴力的感知和体验中的性别差异。
