TY - JOUR
T1 - Differences in adolescent relationship abuse perpetration and gender-inequitable attitudes by sport among male high school athletes
AU - McCauley, Heather L.
AU - Jaime, Maria Catrina D.
AU - Tancredi, Daniel J.
AU - Silverman, Jay G.
AU - Decker, Michele R.
AU - Austin, S. Bryn
AU - Jones, Kelley
AU - Miller, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
The parent study was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant # CE001561-01 ). Findings presented here were supported by a Health Resources and Services Administration National Research Service Award for Primary Care to University of Pittsburgh ( NRSA T32HP22240 ).
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Purpose School-based athletic programs remain an important context for violence prevention efforts although a better understanding of how gender attitudes and abuse perpetration differ among athletes is needed. Methods We analyzed baseline survey data from the "Coaching Boys into Men" study - a school-based cluster-randomized trial in 16 high schools in Northern California. We describe relationships among gender-inequitable attitudes, sport type, and recent adolescent relationship abuse perpetration among a sample of male athletes (n = 1,648). Results Gender-inequitable attitudes (adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 3.26; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.56, 4.15), participation in both high school football and basketball (AOR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.37, 3.18), and participation in football only (AOR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.02, 2.22) emerged as independently associated with recent ARA perpetration. Conclusions Findings warrant targeted violence prevention efforts among male high school athletes that incorporate discussions of gender attitudes and healthy relationships, especially among sports teams at greater risk of adolescent relationship abuse perpetration.
AB - Purpose School-based athletic programs remain an important context for violence prevention efforts although a better understanding of how gender attitudes and abuse perpetration differ among athletes is needed. Methods We analyzed baseline survey data from the "Coaching Boys into Men" study - a school-based cluster-randomized trial in 16 high schools in Northern California. We describe relationships among gender-inequitable attitudes, sport type, and recent adolescent relationship abuse perpetration among a sample of male athletes (n = 1,648). Results Gender-inequitable attitudes (adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 3.26; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.56, 4.15), participation in both high school football and basketball (AOR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.37, 3.18), and participation in football only (AOR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.02, 2.22) emerged as independently associated with recent ARA perpetration. Conclusions Findings warrant targeted violence prevention efforts among male high school athletes that incorporate discussions of gender attitudes and healthy relationships, especially among sports teams at greater risk of adolescent relationship abuse perpetration.
KW - Adolescent relationship abuse
KW - Gender attitudes
KW - High school athletes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.01.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24582876
AN - SCOPUS:84901623118
SN - 1054-139X
VL - 54
SP - 742
EP - 744
JO - Journal of Adolescent Health
JF - Journal of Adolescent Health
IS - 6
ER -