Japanese Journal of Sport Psychology
Online ISSN : 1883-6410
Print ISSN : 0388-7014
ISSN-L : 0388-7014

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Does Coaching Harassment in Extracurricular Sports Activities Explain Mental Health Problems?
―Moderating Effect of Perceived Apathy―
Hayato Toyoda Yasuhiro Omi
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Article ID: 2024-2407

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In the context of Japanese sports, coaching harassment is a critical social problem. This study aimed to examine the explaining effect of the experience of coaching harassment victimization on mental health problems and the moderating effect of domain-general perceived apathy in junior high and high school extracurricular sports activities. Data obtained from 229 college students (M=19.15, SD=0.94), who participated in extracurricular sports activities, via an online cross-sectional survey were analyzed. Rank correlation analysis revealed that an experience of coaching harassment victimization had weak positive correlations with depression, anxiety, stress, and procrastinatory apathy. Results of a multiple regression analysis with robust standard errors, which included interactions, revealed an interaction between experience of coaching harassment victimization and unwillingness apathy in a model with anxiety and stress as dependent variables. Results of a simple slope analysis revealed a positive explanation between coaching harassment victimization experience and anxiety and stress in the group with high levels of unwillingness apathy. These results provided insight into a unique aspect that the victims who experienced daily apathy exhibited negative mental health conditions. This finding has implications for the future of victim support regarding sports violence.

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