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Sport Administrators' Perspectives on Advancing Safe Sport
Joseph John Gurgis1, Gretchen A Kerr1
1Safe Sport Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
|June 25, 2021
Summary
Sport administrators advocate for a universal safe sport framework, education, and policy enforcement. This approach aims to shift sport culture from harm to promoting positive values and human rights.
Area of Science:
- Sport Management
- Sociology of Sport
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- High-profile athlete abuse cases necessitate "Safe Sport" initiatives.
- Current safe sport efforts lack a consistent conceptual framework.
- Absence of a framework hinders effective prevention and intervention.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore sport administrators' perspectives on advancing safe sport.
- To inform the development of a guiding framework for safe sport strategies.
Main Methods:
- Constructivist grounded theory approach.
- Semi-structured interviews with 13 sport administrators.
- Exploration of diverse sport and coaching organizations.
Main Results:
- A multi-faceted approach is essential for advancing safe sport.
- Recommendations include a universal framework, education, policy enforcement, independent monitoring, and research.
- Strategies aim to evolve sport culture beyond harm prevention to promoting positive values and human rights.
Conclusions:
- A comprehensive framework is needed to guide safe sport development.
- Shifting sport culture requires addressing hegemonic masculinity and controlling relationships.
- Safeguarding sport involves both preventing harm and promoting positive values.
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