“Turning around an oil tanker”: Recommendations for a safeguarding program in football

IF 3.3 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2025-10-10 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.103004

James A. Newman , James L. Rumbold

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Abstract

Despite increasing awareness and reports of wrongdoing in sports such as professional football there remains a lack of safeguarding education targeted at adults to address this behavior. Thus, there is a need to develop safeguarding education programs based on the experiential knowledge of adults in football. The present study explored knowledge users' recommendations, as a means to co-produce a safeguarding education program to address maltreatment in football. Guided by a social constructivist approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 safeguarding and welfare personnel (nine who identified as females and ten as males) who work within British clubs and organizations ranging from English Premier League (EPL) through to the English Northern Premier League Division One. The participants’ roles ranged from Chief Executive Officer; Vice Chairman; General Counsel; Club Development Officer; Head of Safeguarding; Designated Safeguarding Officer; Safeguarding Case Officer; Academy Safeguarding Manager; Head of Education and Welfare; Player Care and Welfare Officer; Head of Education and Player Care, and Coach. Through a reflexive thematic analysis, knowledge users discussed shaping safeguarding education in professional football, and the best way to deliver safeguarding education. Knowledge users highlighted the need for safeguarding programs to be designed and delivered at individual, club, and systemic levels to be effective. Furthermore, these programs need to be underpinned by a cultural intervention to safeguarding education in professional football. From a research perspective, the present findings emphasize the value of collaborating with underrepresented groups to create meaningful change in safeguarding in sport. Lastly, the present study provides the foundation for future research to evaluate the effectiveness of a safeguarding education program in football in practice.

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“调转油船”：对足球保障计划的建议。

尽管越来越多的人意识到并报道了职业足球等体育运动中的不法行为，但仍然缺乏针对成年人的安全教育来解决这种行为。因此，有必要开发基于成人足球经验知识的保障教育项目。本研究探讨了知识用户的建议，作为一种手段，共同制定一个保障教育计划，以解决足球中的虐待问题。在社会建构主义方法的指导下，对19名保障和福利人员（9名女性，10名男性）进行了半结构化访谈，他们在英国俱乐部和组织中工作，范围从英超联赛（EPL）到英格兰北部超级联赛甲级联赛。参与者的角色从首席执行官；副主席;总法律顾问;社发展主任；保障主管；指定保障主任；保障案件主任；学院保障经理；教育及福利处处长；球员关怀及福利主任；教育和球员关怀主管，以及教练。知识使用者通过反思性的专题分析，探讨了职业足球保障教育的塑造，以及保障教育的最佳实施方式。知识使用者强调需要在个人、俱乐部和系统层面设计和提供有效的保障计划。此外，这些项目需要以文化干预为基础，以保障职业足球教育。从研究的角度来看，目前的研究结果强调了与代表性不足的群体合作的价值，以在体育保障方面创造有意义的变化。最后，本研究为未来足球保障教育项目在实践中的有效性评估研究提供了基础。

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

5.90%

发文量

172

审稿时长

69 days

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