Athletes exposure to violence in team and individual sport

Sport je važan na individualnoj, lokalnoj, nacionalnoj i internacionalnoj razini, kao i u izgradnji identiteta pojedinca i grupe. Važnost proučavanja sociologije sporta leži u činjenici da je nemoguće razumjeti suvremenu kulturu i društvo bez da se osvijesti važnost sporta u istom. Nasilje u sportu je nepoželjno, no svejedno postoji te je podijeljeno u tri kategorije: zlostavljanje, uznemiravanje i maltretiranje na emocionalnoj, tjelesnoj i seksualnoj razini te kroz zanemarivanje. Većina se dosadašnjih istraživanja bavila nasiljem među navijačkim skupinama, najčešće nogometnih navijača. Cilj ovog rada, koji je napisan u sklopu projekta ''Mladi, nasilje i sport: usporedba Hrvatske i Slovenije'' bio je istražiti izloženost sportaša Grada Zagreba nasilju s obzirom na to radi li se o sportašima ekipnih ili individualnih sportova. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 74 sportaša i 61 sportašica koji su ispunili upitnik o stavovima vezanim za sport, tvrdnjama vezanih za učestalost susretanja s neželjenim situacijama, procjenu učestalosti verbalnog i fizičkog nasilja te o demografskim karakteristikama. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali kako ne postoji statistički značajna razlika u izloženosti emocionalnom, tjelesnom i seksualnom nasilju sportaša individualnih i sportaša ekipnih sportova.Sport is important at the individual, local, national and international levels, as well as in building the identity of the individual and the group. The importance of studying the sociology of sport lies in the fact that it is impossible to understand contemporary culture and society without realizing the importance of sport in it. Violence in sport is undesirable, but it still exists and is divided into three groups: abuse, harassment and bullying on an emotional, physical and sexual level, and through neglect. Most research up to date has dealt with violence among fan groups, most commonly football fans. The aim of this paper, written as part of the project "Youth, Violence and Sport: A Comparison of Croatia and Slovenia", was to investigate the exposure of athletes of the City of Zagreb to violence with regard to whether they are team or individual athletes. The study involved 74 male and 61 female athlete who completed a questionnaire on attitudes related to sports, claims related to the frequency of encounters with adverse situations, assessment of the frequency of verbal and physical violence and demographic characteristics. The results of the research showed that there is no statistically significant difference in exposure to emotional, physical and sexual violence of individual athletes and team sports athletes