A study published online this week in the journal Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology found that coach abuse can trigger players’ willingness to cheat. More than 20,000 athletes completed the NCAA survey in 2010 from more than 600 colleges. Eleven men’s and 13 women’s sports were represented.

The study examined how ethical and verbally abusive behaviors of college coaches are connected to a team’s inclusivity climate and the athletes’ satisfaction with college choice and willingness to cheat. A team’s inclusivity climate can hold longer-term implications for a student-athlete’s well-being and future coaching style and a team’s retention.

Men’s teams were notably more willing to cheat than women’s teams, according to the study, and men’s football, basketball and baseball teams reported the highest willingness to cheat at large universities in NCAA Division I.