One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

The Struggle for Child Protection in Canadian Sport

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5933280
AutoresGretchen Kerr (0000-0002-8070-7297, University of Toronto, autor de correspondencia), Bruce Kidd (0000-0002-4396-2045, University of Toronto), Peter Donnelly (0000-0002-9878-9673, University of Toronto)
Año2020
Volumen9
Número5
Páginas68
Fecha de publicación2020-05-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci9050068
OpenAlexW3021552611
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas21

Millions of children and adolescents around the world participate in organized sport for holistic health and developmental benefits. However, for some, sport participation is characterized by experiences of maltreatment, including forms of abuse and neglect. In Canada, efforts to address and prevent maltreatment in sport have been characterized by recurring cycles of crisis, public attention, policy response, sluggish implementation, and active resistance, with very little observable change. These cycles continue to this day. Achieving progress in child protection in Canadian sport has been hindered by the self-regulating nature of sport, funding models that prioritize performance outcomes, structures that deter athletes from reporting experiences of maltreatment, and inadequate attention to athletes' recommendations and preventative initiatives. The culture of control that characterizes organized sport underpins these challenges to advancing child protection in sport. We propose that the establishment of a national independent body to provide safeguards against maltreatment in Canadian sport and to address this culture of control

Athletes · Control (management · Economics · Environmental health · Management · Neglect · Physical therapy · Poison control · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Psychology · Sports injuries and prevention