Sexual Abuse in Sport: A Qualitative Case Study

134 Pages·2016·5.64 MB·English

by  Helen Owton (auth.)

Sexual Abuse in Sport
HelenOwton
Sexual Abuse
in Sport
A Qualitative Case Study
HelenOwton
TheOpenUniversity
MiltonKeynes,UnitedKingdom
ISBN978-3-319-46794-8 ISBN978-3-319-46795-5(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-46795-5
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To Bella, with love,trust andrespect
A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Firstly, I’d like to thank Bella for her trust, diligence, creativity and
courage; I feel extremely privileged and honoured to have been allowed
to travel alongside you. Also, thank you to Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson,
AndrewSparkes,KitrinaDouglas,DavidCarless,KimEtherington,Derek
Jehu, Kathleen Curnock and Helen among others (external reviewers)
who have really supported this project and provided valuable comments
onearlierdrafts.Also,I’dliketothankmyfamily,especiallymyMum,my
daughter and my partner for their love, patience, endless encouragement
andsupport.
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C
ONTENTS
1 IntroductionandOverview 1
2 IntroducingBellaandCollaborative Autoethnography 7
3 TheGrooming Process inSport 21
4 SexualAssault andRapein Sport 41
5 AthleteDomestic Violence inSport 55
6 Recovering fromSexualAbuse in Sport 81
Bibliography 111
Index 125
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A A
BOUT THE UTHOR
HelenOwtonisacharteredpsychologistandalecturerinsportandfitness
in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport at the Open
University. She completed her PhD in sport and health sciences at the
University of Exeter in 2012. Helen has published numerous papers in
sport and in the field of sexual abuse in sport. She has won distinguished
awardsinhervariousfieldsofresearch.Forexample,inSeptember2015,
she won an award from the Qualitative Methods of Psychology (the
largest section in the British Psychological Society) entitled ‘Citation for
Excellence’ to acknowledgeher innovative research. Indeed, her research
specialismslieininnovativequalitativeinvestigationsofsportingembodi-
ment and gender. In addition to her research on sexual abuse in sport,
otherresearchinterestsfocusaroundchronicillnesses(especiallyasthma),
women’sboxinganddance.
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L A
IST OF BBREVIATIONS
ADV Athletedomesticviolence
C-PTSD Complexpost-traumaticstressdisorder
CSA Childsexualabuse
BPS BritishPsychologicalSociety
EMDR Eyemovementdesensitisationandreprocessingtherapy
PTSD Post-traumaticstressdisorder
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T
ERMINOLOGY
Forthepurposeofthisbook,Ioutlinethefollowingtermsthatwillbeemployed.
Abuser Thefe/maleperpetratorofchildsexualabuse(CSA)
Domesticviolence Violent or abusive behaviour (e.g. psychological, physical,
emotional, economical or sexual) that happens within the
domestic sphere between two people in an intimate
relationship
Grooming Centraltotheabusiveprocess;itinvolvesslowlygainingthe
trust of the potential victim before systematically breaking
downinterpersonalbarrierspriortocommittingactualsex-
ualabuse
Perpetrator Thefe/malewhoseekspowerandcontrolovertheirpartner
usingarangeoftacticstoachieveit
Rape Unwantedpenetrationwhetheritisoral,vaginaloranal
Survivor Anadultwhoexperiencedsexualabuseasachild
Sexualassault Any unwanted sexual contact, including slapping on the
bottom,fondlingandmolestation
Sexualexploitation Sexualabuseofchildreninexchangefordrugs,protection,
rewards,foodand/ormoney
Victim A fe/male who has been subjected to ill treatment (e.g.
sexualabuse)
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