Elite child athlete welfare : international perspectives /
Celia H Brackenridge and Daniel Rhind, editors.
- 159 pages : black and white illustrations
I. Introduction -- Setting the challenge : the ethical and research context of children’s involvement in elite sport / II. Global context -- Notes on international children’s rights, implications for elite sport and the work of UNICEF / Protecting the elite child athlete : the IOC perspective / III. Behavioural parameters -- Developing physical fitness and talent in elite child athletes / Physical and emotional abuse of elite child athletes : the case of forced physical exertion / The elite child athlete and injury risk / From concept to model : a new theoretical framework to understand the process of emotional abuse in elite child sport / Elite child athletes’ narratives of emotional abuse / Bullying, homophobia and transphobia in sport : at what cost discrimination? / The sexual subjection of boys in sport : towards a theoretical account / Intimate relations and sexual abuse in Danish sport / Towards an understanding of the maintenance of unhealthy coach-athlete relationships / IV. Policy issues -- A review of UK based national governing bodies of sports’ websites for information relating to athlete welfare and wellbeing / The price behind the beauty of the Olympic performance in women’s artistic gymnastics during the period 1972-1988 / A touchy subject? The (unintended) consequences of child protection regulations on youth swimming coaches / Prevention and management of sexual harassment and abuse in Quebec sport organisations / V. Coda -- Future priorities for research on elite child athlete welfare / Celia Brackenridge -- Susan Bissell -- Margo Mountjoy -- Jon Oliver -- Gretchen Kerr -- Elizabeth C. J. Pike -- Misia Gervis -- Ashley Stirling -- Ian Rivers -- Michael Hartill -- Jan Toftegaard Stǿckel -- Daniel Rhind -- Abbe Brady -- Joca Zurc -- Mel Lang -- Sylvie Parent -- The medical welfare of elite athletes : the unintended consequences of organisational change / Andrea Scott -- Celia Brackenridge and Daniel Rhind.