Trauma-Informed Abuse Education in Sport: Engaging Athlete Abuse Survivors as Educators and Facilitating a Community of Care

Autor/inn/en	McMahon, Jennifer; McGannon, Kerry R.; Zehntner, Chris; Werbicki, Larissa; Stephenson, Elspeth; Martin, Karen
Titel	Trauma-Informed Abuse Education in Sport: Engaging Athlete Abuse Survivors as Educators and Facilitating a Community of Care
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 28 (2023) 8, S.958-971 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McMahon, Jennifer) ORCID (McGannon, Kerry R.) ORCID (Zehntner, Chris) ORCID (Stephenson, Elspeth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2022.2096586
Schlagwörter	Athletics; Teachers; Trauma Informed Approach; Sexual Abuse; Violence; Victims of Crime; Caring; Evidence Based Practice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leichtathletik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sexueller Missbrauch; Gewalt; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung
Abstract	The need to focus on abuse prevention in sport has been prioritized due to widespread athlete maltreatment occurring across many sports, levels and regions. One recommendation to prevent athlete maltreatment is through evidence-based education. Despite this recommendation, surprisingly little has been done in this area. A recently proposed idea is that athlete abuse survivors could collaborate with sport organizations in maltreatment prevention initiatives (e.g. speaking invitations, sharing their stories, education initiatives). However, researchers have warned that when collaborations between survivors and sport organizations occur, and trauma-informed practices are not implemented in a way that engages everyone safely, re-traumatisation may result. The present study is one of the first to explore how abuse survivors can be placed at the forefront of education initiatives that are underpinned by international trauma-informed principles. Two abuse survivors from swimming and rowing facilitated education programs that taught about abuse with other athletes in their sports. Evidence-based trauma-informed practices were embedded throughout the educative process to prevent unintended further harms, in turn creating a 'community of care'. Embedding trauma-informed practices were imperative given the lived experiences of the survivors, and the possibility the education recipients (i.e. athletes) could also be victims of maltreatment. The 'what', 'why' and 'how' of trauma-informed practices are outlined to show the application, and value of this process to not only maltreatment prevention initiatives, but to other levels of sport (e.g. when abuse is reported, selection policy, coach pedagogy). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01