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What Is Abuse?
Emotional Abuse
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
What Is Harassment?
What Is Neglect?
How Common Are Abuse, Harassment & Neglect?
Emotional abuse: the damage is no less real

Neglect is a chronic inattention to the basic necessities of life such as supervision, medical and dental care, adequate rest, safe environment, exercise, and fresh air.

Neglect in a sports setting make take the following forms:

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• Injuries are not properly treated
  
  

• Athletes are forced to play hurt
  
  

• Equipment is inadequate, poorly maintained or unsafe
  
  

• Road trips are not properly supervised.

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According to a widely reported 1993 survey conducted by the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission:

• Almost half (45.3%) of those surveyed (both males and females) said they had been emotionally abused while participating in sports (i.e. called names, yelled at, or insulted);
  
  

• Slightly more than 1 out of 6 (17.5%) said they had suffered physical abuse while playing sports (i.e. hit, kicked or slapped.
  
  

• More than 1 in 5 (21%) said they had been suffered neglect while playing sports (pressured to play with an injury)
  
  

• 1 in 12 (8%) said they had been sexually harassed while playing sports (called names with sexual connotations)
  
  

• 1 in 30 (3.4%) said they had been pressured into sex or sexual touching.

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