Recently, eradication of power harassment and corporal punishment are areas of concern in the sport’s world in Japan. Under these circumstances, in order to resolve these concerns, interview surveys were conducted with athletes and leaders of the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) and the Japan Sports Association (JSPO) member organizations, but appropriate guidelines have not been established and the relationships between the parties are too lax. The road to solving the problem, such as the fact that the investigation was deficient due to half-hearted attitudes, is a complicated and distressing deep-rooted concern that will be a major issue in the future. In addition, in the women’s gymnastics category that is the subject of this study, there is power harassment accompanied by mental distress due to intimidating behavior, which is also the case in American women’s gymnastics. However, there are few studies that elucidate these matters, and more research is needed to clarify them. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a power harassment scale for women’s gymnastics. In order to achieve the purpose, we first analyzed the responses from the interviews in the preliminary survey. Then for this survey, we asked university students of the same generation to answer questions, regardless of their sporting speciality or gender, and two points were implemented to give generality. A questionnaire consisting of 16 items in four categories (relationship with the coach, physical and physical distress, individual infringement, multiple factor reprimands) was prepared.
