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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 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016952791 ©TheEditor(s)(ifapplicable)andTheAuthor(s)2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsof translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthis publicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesare exemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformation in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publishernortheauthorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespectto thematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade. Coverillustration:Coverpattern©MelisaHasan Printedonacid-freepaper ThisPalgraveMacmillanimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland 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. vii 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 ix 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. xi L A IST OF BBREVIATIONS ADV Athletedomesticviolence C-PTSD Complexpost-traumaticstressdisorder CSA Childsexualabuse BPS BritishPsychologicalSociety EMDR Eyemovementdesensitisationandreprocessingtherapy PTSD Post-traumaticstressdisorder xiii 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) xv

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This book is about sexual abuse in sport, and specifically about one girl’s experience of long-term chronic abuse in sport. A ‘non-conventional’ approach is employed to explore the experiences of a female athlete named Bella who was groomed, sexually abused by her male coach, and then subjecte
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