TY - JOUR
T1 - Bias and Conflict of Interest in the Underreporting of Sexual Abuse in Competitive Sports
T2 - A Literature Review
AU - Chandra, Abhishek
AU - Goldstein, Jack
AU - Peters, Krystina
AU - Roberts, William O
AU - Satin, David J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
PY - 2024/3/1
Y1 - 2024/3/1
N2 - The prevalence of sexual abuse in competitive sports is increasing worldwide and requires a united call to action. The underreporting of such abuses gained media attention resulting from recent high-profile cases. In this article, we report the results of a systematic literature review, identifying root causes of underreporting sexual abuse in competitive sports. We identify that biases and conflicts of interest work against effective reporting of abuse by athletes at the individual, organizational, and cultural levels. We offer conflict of interest and bias mitigation approaches from the social science, law, business, research, and diagnostic error literature that may apply. Competitive sports organizations may use this analysis to identify barriers and improve the effective reporting of sexual abuse.
AB - The prevalence of sexual abuse in competitive sports is increasing worldwide and requires a united call to action. The underreporting of such abuses gained media attention resulting from recent high-profile cases. In this article, we report the results of a systematic literature review, identifying root causes of underreporting sexual abuse in competitive sports. We identify that biases and conflicts of interest work against effective reporting of abuse by athletes at the individual, organizational, and cultural levels. We offer conflict of interest and bias mitigation approaches from the social science, law, business, research, and diagnostic error literature that may apply. Competitive sports organizations may use this analysis to identify barriers and improve the effective reporting of sexual abuse.
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U2 - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000001146
DO - 10.1249/JSR.0000000000001146
M3 - Article
C2 - 38437495
AN - SCOPUS:85186840907
SN - 1537-890X
VL - 23
SP - 105
EP - 110
JO - Current sports medicine reports
JF - Current sports medicine reports
IS - 3
ER -