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SCIENTISTS AGAINST BULLYING

Prof. dr. Süleyman Murat Yildiz

Intra-team competition occurs among the players, especially since the rewards such as transfer fee and match bonus, which are in the nature of professional football, are high. This competition can be the source of the emergence of bullying behaviors.

Prof. dr. Sigitas Kamandulis

Bullying is a common phenomenon not only in sport but also in everyday life. If the coach cares, there is less bullying in the sports settings. However, this is not an easy task as it requires effort, experience, and knowledge. The formation of respect to the environment is very helpful. Athletes are trained not only...

Prof. dr. Romualdas Malinauskas

Bullying in sport will not pass without consequences, and consequences are encountered by everyone: the victims of bullying, the perpetrators, and the witnesses of bullying , causing anxiety, depression and sometimes this becomes the cause of criminal or aggressive behaviour.
Prof. dr. Miguel Nery

Prof. dr. Miguel Nery

Miguel Nery is a Psychologist and Professor. Has a PhD in Human Kinetics (Psychology and Motor Behaviour) and is the author of Bullying in Youth Sports Training: New perspectives and practical strategies (with Carlos Neto, António Rosado and Peter K. Smith. Routledge, 2020). He has been involved in research projects funded by the Government of...

Prof. dr. Marius Brazaitis

There is no doubt that where bullying starts, sincerity, confidence in oneself and others, creativity and goal pursuit end. Bullying has ruined more than one sporting talent; thus, let us not remain indifferent in stopping bullying.
Prof. dr. Ivana Milovanovic

Prof. dr. Ivana Milovanovic

As a professor of sociology of sports, a few years ago I included lectures on topics that address the issue of aggression and peer violence in youth sports. Although in the scientific literature, the issue of violence against young people and among young people in sports, present for decades, it turns out that students of...

Prof. dr. Audronė Dumčienė

The beginnings of bullying usually lie in the family. Such experience is also acquired in schools. A child coming to his or her sports sessions may already bring bullying experience that he or she can successfully use among training friends if the coach does not prevent it in time and sufficiently strictly. Often groups of...

Prof. dr. Arūnas Emeljanovas

It is no secret that bullying occurs most frequently at school both during lessons and breaks. It does not bypass physical education classes too. Most often, it is children who bully each other, but... there are other cases too. Sometimes teachers themselves (of different subjects, not necessarily physical education) can insult the pupil without even...
Kimmo Kantosalo

Kimmo Kantosalo

Bullying in sports environment has been quite widely discussed in newspapers in Finland during the past years. Many large sport federations have adopted zero-tolerance policy for bullying in sports. At the moment, very useful information in the Finnish language is available on the webpage etoleyksin.fi (You are not alone).  It contains information to sport clubs, parents, and...
Dr. Zasha Romero

Dr. Zasha Romero

I have been an educator at a university for over 20 years now and have been and avid athlete close to 40 years of my life. In that time, I have competed in different sports ranging from individual to teams.

Assoc. Prof. dr. Ilona Tilindienė

Bullying is one of the worst experiences in the person’s life. No matter on which side the person stands: the initiator’s, the bystander’s or the “victim’s”, he or she always experiences negative emotions in this situation. These are fear, despair, pain, hostility, leading to psychological and sometimes even physical self-destruction. It is very important to...