March 2024
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Journal of Dance Education
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March 2024
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6 Reads
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Journal of Dance Education
November 2023
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34 Reads
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Research in Dance Education
July 2022
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83 Reads
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5 Citations
Social Sciences
Despite sport being a vehicle through which youth may achieve positive developmental outcomes, maltreatment in the youth sport context remains a significant concern. With increased athlete advocacy and research demonstrating the high prevalence of maltreatment in sport, and the urgent need to address it, many international organisations have created child protection in sport initiatives. Of particular focus to athletes and researchers is the provision of evidence-based comprehensive education and independent reporting mechanisms for athletes who experience harm. The current study examined the extent to which the publicly accessible information provided by three sport-specific child protection organisations regarding education and reporting is aligned with recommendations provided by researchers and athletes. With regard to education, the findings highlight accessibility, programming for various stakeholders, and coverage of topics of interest (e.g., forms of harm and reporting processes). However, educational information about equity, diversity, and inclusion and information on how to foster positive environments in sport was lacking. For reporting mechanisms, results showed that each organisation’s approach to receiving reports of maltreatment varied, including their ability to directly intake, investigate, and sanction instances of maltreatment. The findings are interpreted and critiqued considering previous literature and recommendations for future research and practice are suggested.
May 2022
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In the context of sport, a growing body of research has reported the prevalence of violence against athletes, including sexual, physical, and psychological violence and neglect, experienced by both women and men in sport. Preliminary research has reported that gender-diverse individuals, specifically transgender athletes, may have a greater vulnerability to experiences of violence in sport, but this remains an under-researched population. In addition to limited research specifically on violence experienced by transgender athletes in sport, there is also only emerging research on virtual violence against athletes, with previous research on virtual violence in sporting spaces highlighting how online spaces are sites that can foster widespread hostility and violence. This study builds on previous research by examining discourses of virtual violence faced by transgender powerlifter, Mary Gregory, following her expulsion from the 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation. This research used a netnographic approach—an online ethnographic case study design. Data were collected from online news sources, as well as social media platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube and were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The data provided an insight into the cyberculture of powerlifting, and the negotiation of space, or lack thereof, for Mary Gregory within this physical culture. Five themes of were generated, including invalidation of gender identity, dehumanization, infliction of derogatory and crude language, accusations of cheating, and being compared to cisgender athletes without nuance. The study highlights the presence of significant vitriol across virtual platforms directed at Mary Gregory and the underlying presence of negative gender-based violence again trans* (GBV-T*) discourse. This case provides examples of virtual gender-based violence and transphobia in sport, a lack of readiness to accept trans* athletes, and concerns for the safety of trans* athletes in sporting spaces.
October 2021
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National and international calls for increased work-integrated learning (WIL) offerings have increased in the last decade. Although previous research on WIL engagement has explored population-specific barriers experienced during participation, a gap exists on barriers experienced by students across the participation spectrum, including those who choose not to participate. This study sought to investigate students' perspectives of the barriers to engaging in an optional unpaid field placement. Grounded in the transtheoretical stages of behavior change model, a mixed-methods convergent parallel design was used. Data from 110 surveys and 17 semi-structured interviews with students were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Results are presented in relation to stages of behavioral change, barriers to engagement, and moderating factors, including perceived value of WIL and self-efficacy. Findings from this study support the need for future research to explore promotional and intervention strategies aligned with stages of behavior change to increase students' decisions to engage in WIL participation.
April 2020
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... All dancers have the right to a safe dance environment that is respectful, equitable and free from abuse. 1 2 Yet, compared with sports, research on abuse in dance is scarce. Numerous allegations of neglect and emotional, sexual and physical abuse documented in the small body of existing research, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] as well as highprofile media stories and convictions in legal cases, indicate that the problem may be more widespread and deep-seated than we realise (see table 1 for definitions of key terms). In September 2023, 50 people who had been trained at the Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School in the UK came forward with allegations of bullying and body shaming and described the immense pressures placed on children who train in these schools. ...
March 2024
Journal of Dance Education
... All dancers have the right to a safe dance environment that is respectful, equitable and free from abuse. 1 2 Yet, compared with sports, research on abuse in dance is scarce. Numerous allegations of neglect and emotional, sexual and physical abuse documented in the small body of existing research, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] as well as highprofile media stories and convictions in legal cases, indicate that the problem may be more widespread and deep-seated than we realise (see table 1 for definitions of key terms). In September 2023, 50 people who had been trained at the Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School in the UK came forward with allegations of bullying and body shaming and described the immense pressures placed on children who train in these schools. ...
November 2023
Research in Dance Education
... Equity in WIL was first identified as a problem several decades ago when it became evident that not all students had easy or equal access to WIL placements/internships, and that equity-deserving students were most impacted Patrick et al., 2008). Affected students are reported to include international students (Felton & Harrison, 2017;Tran & Soejatminah, 2017), female students Arthur & Guy, 2020), students with disabilities (Dollinger et al., 2023;Gatto et al., 2021), LGBTQ2SIA+ students (Mallozzi & Drewery, 2019;Messinger, 2020), Black, Indigenous, and Racialized (BIR) students (Keen & Eady, 2022;Lake, 2021), first-generation students (Ashman et al., 2021;Johnston et al., 2016), regional and remote students (Ashman et al., 2021;Fowler et al., 2018), and students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (Hora et al., 2020;Stirling et al., 2021). ...
October 2021
... In this regard, (international) sports organisations and/or national governments have introduced reporting functions within and outside the remit of sport governance (e.g. independent, thirdparty reporting facilities such as the US Center for Safe Sport) with a view to providing fair, neutral, transparent investigation and sanctioning procedures (International Olympic Committee 2018, Johnson et al. 2020, MacPherson et al. 2022. ...
July 2022
Social Sciences
... However, despite this, athletes are reportedly reluctant to speak out regarding their opinions on transgender inclusion in elite sport, for fear of transphobic accusations (95%) and loss of sponsorships (44%) (Devine, 2022). This is exacerbated by the hostile discussions around transgender athletes by social media users and "media framing" leading to polarised debate in the general public (Avalos et al., 2022;Scovel et al., 2022;Taha-Thomure et al., 2022). Together with the present data, this evidence suggests that the motivations for elite and world class athletes competing in the female category are not likely grounded in negativity towards transgender people, but more likely based on seeking fair competition and capacity to win. ...
May 2022
... Aesthetic sports performance is judged against a measure of suggested perfection, with maximal scores of 10 the "gold standard" of perfection in many of them. The most memorable example is Nadia Comăneci, the first gymnast to receive the "perfect 10" from judges (Comăneci, 2009;Stirling et al., 2020). Gymnastics no longer uses that scoring system, instead opting for an unlimited score, with difficulty marks providing infinite possibilities to raise score levels. ...
April 2020