What question did this study set out to answer?

To update the 2007 consensus framework by evaluating evidence on non-accidental violence, harassment, and abuse in athletics to guide prevention strategies.

April 26, 2016British Journal of Sports MedicineOpen Access

International Olympic Committee consensus statement: harassment and abuse (non-accidental violence) in sport

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MMMargo MountjoyIntermountain Healthcare CBCelia BrackenridgeBrunel University of London MAMalia ArringtonUnited States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

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Overview

Consensus statement uncovers patterns of non-accidental violence across athletic populations, highlighting the need for multiagency prevention.

Key Points

To update the 2007 consensus framework by evaluating evidence on non-accidental violence, harassment, and abuse in athletics to guide prevention strategies.
Expert consensus process expanding on the 2007 IOC Consensus Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport.
Evidence synthesis addressing psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect across diverse athletic populations.
Identified psychological abuse as the central core of all non-accidental violence, with elite, disabled, child, and LGBT athletes exhibiting the highest vulnerability.
Documented mechanisms of abuse driven by systemic power imbalances and cultures of secrecy, including hazing, bullying, negligence, and cyber-based harassment.
Outlined organizational remedies requiring systematic multiagency prevention frameworks that involve leadership, medical practitioners, and criminal justice systems.

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Mountjoy et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d73fd758d71cbec648f4ac https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096121

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April 26, 2016British Journal of Sports MedicineOpen Access

International Olympic Committee consensus statement: harassment and abuse (non-accidental violence) in sport

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Authors

MMMargo MountjoyIntermountain Healthcare CBCelia BrackenridgeBrunel University of London MAMalia ArringtonUnited States Olympic & Paralympic Committee

Discussion

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Overview

Consensus statement uncovers patterns of non-accidental violence across athletic populations, highlighting the need for multiagency prevention.

Key Points

To update the 2007 consensus framework by evaluating evidence on non-accidental violence, harassment, and abuse in athletics to guide prevention strategies.
Expert consensus process expanding on the 2007 IOC Consensus Statement on Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport.
Evidence synthesis addressing psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect across diverse athletic populations.
Identified psychological abuse as the central core of all non-accidental violence, with elite, disabled, child, and LGBT athletes exhibiting the highest vulnerability.
Documented mechanisms of abuse driven by systemic power imbalances and cultures of secrecy, including hazing, bullying, negligence, and cyber-based harassment.
Outlined organizational remedies requiring systematic multiagency prevention frameworks that involve leadership, medical practitioners, and criminal justice systems.

Cite This Study

Mountjoy et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d73fd758d71cbec648f4ac https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096121

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