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1 results foundAuthor: Alexander, Kate Title: The Experiences of Children Participating in Organised Sport in the UK Summary: This is the report of a major three year study of children and young people’s experiences of participating in organised sport in the UK. Conducted between 2007 and 2010, the study had two elements: • An online survey of students (aged 18–22) in higher and further education institutions across the UK exploring their experience and retrospective views of participating in organised sport as children (aged up to 16). The survey yielded 6,124 valid responses • In-depth telephone interviews with young people who identified themselves in the survey as having experienced some harm in sport and who were willing to be interviewed. Eighty nine interviews were conducted. Many children participate in sport at every level: as elite or club athletes; recreationally; as helpers – ball boys and girls, mascots; and as spectators (Sport England, 2005 ). The Football Association (FA) estimates four million children in England participate in football alone (The Football Association, 2010). The benefits to children of participating in sport are well known and publicised (Scottish Executive, 2003). These include enhancement of self-confidence and self-esteem, physical and mental health, and wellbeing (Scottish Executive, 2003). However, evidence also suggests that a significant minority of children participating in sport face negative and harmful experiences, ranging from minor misuse of power and bullying to sustained and systematic physical and sexual abuse of the most serious kind. Children’s negative experiences of sport was the main focus of this study. Examples of negative experiences highlighted in the literature include (Brackenridge, 2001, Fasting, 2005): • Authoritarian, abusive, aggressive and threatening behaviour • Disrespectful treatment, including criticism and mockery of the child’s performance, and victimisation • Over-training and excessive physical demands • Ill treatment by over-aggressive and undermining parents • Bullying • Physical abuse • Emotional abuse • Grooming by paedophiles • Serious and sustained sexual assault and abuse. This study set out to investigate these issues and develop a greater understanding of the potential negative treatment of children in organised sport in the UK. Funded by NSPCC, the study was important because: • While the family is the setting for most maltreatment and abuse of children by adults, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and, in particular, sexual abuse, are all experienced outside the family in other settings (Radford et al., 2011 ). Sport is an activity engaged in by many children in the UK (Sport England, 2003b, Sports Council Wales, 2006, Sports Scotland, 2008a) and therefore, it is important to examine negative and harmful experiences of children in this setting • Prior research has been conducted on aspects of child maltreatment in sport in the UK (Brackenridge, 2001, Myers and Barret, 2002, Gervis and Dunn, 2004, Hartill, 2005, Stirling, 2008). However much of it has tended to focus on particular forms of harm, or on particular sports, or on the experience of elite athletes. Research examining the range of negative experiences that may be faced by children across sports and at all levels of participation is limited • Research in the UK focusing on children’s and young people’s views about the negative experiences of sport is also limited. The study aims were to: • Address the gap in the literature about harm to children in specific settings, in this case sport • Investigate the range of maltreatment and negative experiences children might face in sport settings • Explore the negatives of participating in sport • Provide information to assist in the development of policy about child abuse in sport • Provide information to Sports Governing Bodies and others involved in the delivery of sport to children about the harm to children and young people in organised sport (club level and above), enabling them to more effectively target policy, resources, training and support. Details: Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Centre for UK-wide Learning in Child Protection, 2011. 202p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 22, 2011 at: http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/findings/experiences_children_sport_main_report_wdf85014.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/findings/experiences_children_sport_main_report_wdf85014.pdf Shelf Number: 123087 Keywords: BullyingChild MaltreatmentSports (U.K.)Sports and Aggression |