Publications

  • Gurgis, J., Kerr, G., Maier, L. N., & Leaf, T. (2025). Safe sport in university athletics: An analysis of Canadian university athletic policies. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2025.2583987

  • Kerr, G., Gurgis, J., Wensel, S., Willson, E., Schwender, J., & Porter, J. (2025). Is sport safe with safe sport? A critical examination. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102964

  • MacPherson, E., Wensel, S., & Kerr, G. (2025). From research to practice: Safeguarding athletes in online environments. In V. A. Goodyear & A. Bundon (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003411758-29

  • McGee, S., Atkinson, M., & Stirling, A. (2025). Winning-at-all-costs: high-performance athletes learn to conform to the sport ethic. Sport Education and Society, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2025.2461616

  • Wensel, S., Kerr, G., & MacPherson, E. (2025). Advancing our understanding of child maltreatment and safeguarding: Implications for sport and dance. In Hartill, M. & Rulofs, B. (Eds.), Child abuse in sport: Critical perspectives (Research in the sociology of sport, Vol. 25, pp. 49-70). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1476-285420250000025004

  • Willson, E., & Kerr, G. (2025). Achieving international podium success with a positive sport experience. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2025.2510252

  • Willson, E., Kerr, G., Buono, S., Stirling, A. (2025). Exploring the relationships between psychological maltreatment, athlete satisfaction, eating disorders, and self-harm in elite athletes. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (Special Issue: Protecting the Welfare of Individuals Operating in Organized Sport).

  • Battaglia, A., Kerr, G., & Buono, S. (2024). Coaches’ perspectives of the influence of safe sport-related education. Sport J.

  • Flett, G. L., & Nepon, T. (2024). When adding one questionnaire item makes a difference: Representing the theme of feeling cared about in the expanded General Mattering Scale (The GMS-6). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 42(7), 785–797. https://doi.org/10.1177/073428292412552

  • Magrath, J., Paglione, V., Kenny, S. J., McDonough, M. H., Din, C., White, K., Ingstrup, M. S., & Morrison, L. (2024). “Find your groove”: Exploring how dancing can support individuals with Parkinson’s. Research in Dance Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2024.2392594

  • McGee, S., Kerr, G., Atkinson, M., & Stirling, A. (2024). “I always just viewed it as part of sport”: Psychological maltreatment and conformity to the sport ethic. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 1-20. doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2024.2414002.

  • Milne, A., Atkinson, M., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2024). Instructional practices and interpretations of harm: A qualitative inquiry with 24 competitive dancers. Journal of Dance Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15290824.2023.2224799

  • Muhonen, J., Stirling, A., & Kokkonen, M. (2024). Athletic identity affects prevalence and disclosure of emotional abuse in Finnish athletes. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (Special Issue: Protecting the Welfare of Individuals Operating in Organized Sport). doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1406949

  • Nepon, T., & Flett, G. L. (2024). Interpersonal features associated with feelings of not mattering assessed with the Anti-Mattering Scale: An analysis of interpersonal closeness, connection, and conflict. Journal of Concurrent Disorders.

  • Nepon, T., Flett, G. L., & Hewitt, P. L. (2024). Perfectionism, self-image goals, and compassionate goals in health and mental health: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 42(6), 650–667. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829241239997

  • Porter, J., Trussell, D. E., Clutterbuck, R., & Mooradian, J. (2024). Mother-coaches’ experiences of policy and programs: “Whoever wrote this policy doesn’t understand what it means to be a mom”. Journal of Sport Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2023-0283.

  • Principe, F. & Kerr., G. (2024). Athletic therapists’ exposure and response to psychological challenges associated with athlete injury recovery. International Journal of Athletic Training and Therapy, 30(2), 1-4.

  • Stirling, A., Kerr, G., Banwell, J., MacPherson, E., & Heron, A. (2024). A practical guide for work-integrated learning: Effective practices to enhance the educational quality of the structured work experience offered through Colleges and Universities (2nd Ed.). Toronto, ON: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario/Education @ Work Ontario.

  • Trussell, D. E., Mooradian, J., Porter, J., & Clutterbuck, R. (2024). Motherhood and competitive coaching: Six stories of generational differences in persisting and resisting gender inequities in sport. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health,1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2024.2375617

  • Wensel, S., Kerr, G., & Tamminen, K. A. (2024). “The abuse of minors you witness or experience”: A qualitative study of former professional ballet school students' characterizations of maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 155, 106982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106982

  • Willson, E., Buono, S., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2024). Maltreatment experiences and mental health indicators among Canadian National team athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 69. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102493

  • Willson, E., Taylor, A., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2024). Discussing safe sport in the digital space: The #gymnastalliance movement. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-20. doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2023.2231949

  • Dys, S., Jambon, M., Buono, S., & Malti, T. (2023). Attentional control moderates the relationship between sympathy and ethical guilt. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 184(3), 198-211, doi:10.1080/00221325.2023.2177522 

  • Gurgis, J. J., Kerr, G., & Battaglia, A. (2023). Exploring stakeholders’ interpretations of safe sport. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 47(1), 75-97. doi:10.1177/01937235221134610

  • Kerr, G. (2023). Gender-based violence in children’s sport. Taylor & Francis.

  • Kerr, G., Milne, A., Battaglia, A., Stirling, A., Woodburn, A., & Cayer, I. (2023, July 5) Recognizing and responding to teen-dating violence: Implications for women coaches. Canadian Journal for Women in Coaching, 23(3).

  • Magrath, J., Paglione, V., Morrison, L., & Kenny, S. J. (2023). ‘It shouldn’t be necessary, but it happens a lot’: Undergraduate contemporary dancers’ perceptions of pain, injury, and fatigue. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 14(4), 492-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2023.2220686

  • Milne, A., Atkinson, M., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2023). Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm. Research in Dance Education, 1-19.

  • Nery, M., Smith, P. K., Lang, M., Vertommen, T., & Stirling, A. (Eds.). (2023). Editorial: Safeguarding in sports. Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/21522/safeguarding-in-sports

  • Paglione, V., Magrath. J., Din, C., Kenny, S. J., McDonough, M. H. (2023). ‘Promoting wellness, having fun, and creating community’: A dance instructor’s pedagogical practices and perspectives on the influence of community dance classes for older adults. Research in Dance Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2022.2159359

  • Stirling, A., Taylor, A., Mountjoy, M., Cruz, E. L., & Bridges, E. (2023). The clinician’s role in addressing and preventing maltreatment in sport. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 23(2), 103-109. doi:10.1097/JSM.0000000000001129

  • Taylor, A., Milne, A., Tam, A., McGee, S., & Stirling, A. (2023). Program coordinators’ support for student well-being in online work-integrated learning (eWIL). International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 24(2), 261-275.

  • Willson, E., Buono, S., Kerr, G. & Stirling, A. (2023). Maltreatment and mental health indicators among elite athletes, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 69, 102493, doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102493

  • Willson, E., & Kerr, G. (2023). Gender-based violence in girls’ sports. Adolescents, 3(2), 278–289. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents3020020

  • Donnelly, P., Kerr, G., & Kidd, B. (2022). Contesting the autonomy of sport to realize the right to safe sport: A Canadian case study. The International Sports Law Journal, 22(2), 165–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40318-022-00225-2

  • Flett, G. L., Hewitt, P. L., Nepon, T., Sherry, S. B., & Smith, M. (2022). The destructiveness and public health significance of socially prescribed perfectionism: A review, analysis, and conceptual extension. Clinical Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2022.102130

  • Flett, G. L., Nepon, T., Goldberg, J. O., Rose, A. L., Atkey, S. K., & Zaki-Azat, J. (2022). The Anti-Mattering Scale: Development, psychometric properties, and associations with well-being and distress measures in adolescents and emerging adults. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40, 37–59. doi:10.1177/07342829211050544

  • MacPherson, E., Battaglia, A., Kerr, G., Wensel, S., McGee, S., Milne, A., ... & Willson, E. (2022). Evaluation of Publicly Accessible Child Protection in Sport Education and Reporting Initiatives. Social Sciences.

  • Magrath, J., Din, C., Paglione, V., Kenny, S. J., & McDonough, M. H. (2022). Instructor strategies to support older adults’ physical literacy in community dance classes. Research in Dance Education, 24(5), 443-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2022.2115994

  • Taha-Thomure, R., Milne, A., Kavanagh, E., Stirling, A. (2022). Gender-Based Violence against Trans* Individuals: A Netnography of Mary Gregory’s Experience in Powerlifting. Frontiers in Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology (Special Issue: Safeguarding in Sports). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854452

  • Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., Wood, K. N., Principe, F. M., & Schwartz, E. S. (2022). Religiosity and Ways of Coping with Sport Injuries Among Christian Athletes Religiosity. Journal of the Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sports Studies, 7(1), 6.

  • Willson, E., Kerr, G., Battaglia, A., & Stirling, A. (2022). Listening to the athletes’ voices: National team athletes’ perspectives on advancing safe sport in Canada. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.840221

  • Willson, E., Kerr, G., Stirling, A. & Buono, S. (2022). Prevalence of Maltreatment Amongst Canadian National Team Athletes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi.org/10.1177/08862605211045096

  • Baeth, A., Kurtz, A., Line, J., Socolow, R., Weiner, J., Winemiller, S. Principe, F., Arbeiter, M., Kinnaird, M., Moyer, V., & Nguyen, A. (2021). Athlete Equality Index. Athlete Ally. https://aei.athleteally.org/

  • Banwell, J., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2021). Benefits of a female coach mentorship programme on women coaches’ development: An ecological perspective. Sports Coaching Review, 10(1), 61-83. doi:10.1080/21640629.2020.1764266

  • Buono, S. & Jang, E. E. (2021). The effect of linguistics in English Language Learners’ mathematics assessment: A Differential Item Functioning (DIF) analysis. Educational Assessment, 26:2, 125-144. doi:10.1080/10627197.2020.1858783

  • Ellis, D., Lewis, T., & Nepon, T. (2021). Effects of historical coercive control, historical violence and lawyer representation on post-separation male partner violence against mother litigants who participated in adversarial family court proceedings. Violence Against Women, 27, 1191–1210. doi:10.1177/1077801220921939

  • Gurgis, J., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2021). Advancing autonomy-supportive coaching through the application of the transtheoretical model. In M. Lang (Ed.), International Handbook of Athlete Welfare. London: Routledge.

  • Murray, R. M., Howe, H. S., Sylvester, B. D., Willson, E., & Sabiston, C. M. (2021). Associations between resistance training motivation, behaviour and strength. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-16.

  • Nery, M., Ventura, C., & Stirling, A. (2021). Bullying in sport. In P. K Smith & J. O’Higgins Norman (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying: A comprehensive and international review of research and intervention. Volume 2. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  • Stirling, A., Milne, A., Taylor, A., & Goldman, A. (2021). Understanding Barriers to Engagement in Work-Integrated Learning: Applying the Transtheoretical Stages of Behaviour Change Model. International Journal of Work Integrated Learning. 22(3), 271-286.

  • Stirling, A. & Pretti, J. (Eds.). (2021). The practice of co-op and work-integrated learning in the Canadian context. CEWIL/WACE.

  • West, E., & Stirling, A. (2021). Redesigning work study as work-integrated learning: Examining the impact of structured learning support in part-time on-campus employment. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 22(3), 385-395. 

  • Willson, E., & Kerr, G. (2021). Body shaming as a form of emotional abuse in sport. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1979079

  • Willson, E., Kerr, G., Stirling, A., & Buono, S. (2021). Prevalence of maltreatment among Canadian National Team athletes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1–23. doi:10.1177/08862605211045096

  • Barker-Ruchti, N., Booth, E., Cavalleio, F., Cervin, G., Donnelly, P., Jacobs, F., Kerr, G., Kerr, R., Kidd, B., Knoppers, A., Lang, M., Lord, R., Nunomura, M., Pinheiro, M. C. B., Oliveira, M. S., Pope, J., Schubring, A., Smits, F., Stewart, C., Stirling, A., & Willson, E. (2020). The future of women’s artistic gymnastics: Eight actions to protect gymnasts from abuse. Science of Gymnastics, 12(3), 441-445.

  • Buono, S., Zdravkovic, A., Lazic, M. & Woodruff, E. (2020). The effect of emotions on self-regulated-learning (SRL) and story comprehension in emerging readers. Frontiers in Education – Educational Psychology. 5:588043. doi:10.3389/feduc.2020.588043

  • Goldman, A., & Stirling, A. (2020). ‘Becoming a part while apart’: Building professional identity and membership when working and learning remotely. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, Special Issue, 21(4), 387-399.  

  • Gurgis, J., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2020). Investigating the barriers and facilitators to achieving coaching certification. International Sport Coaching Journal, 7(2), 189-199. doi:10.1123/iscj.2019-0043

  • Jewett, R., Kerr, G., MacPherson, E., & Stirling, A. (2020). Experiences of bullying victimisation in female interuniversity athletes. International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 18(6), 818-832. doi:10.1080/1612197X.2019.1611902

  • Kerr, G., Battaglia, A., Stirling, A., & Bandealy, A. (2020). Examining coaches’ perspectives on the use of exercise as punishment. International Sport Coaching Journal, 7(3), 306-316. doi:10.1123/iscj.2018-0100

  • Kerr, G., Stirling, A., & Willson, E. (2020). When the coach-athlete relationship influences vulnerability to athlete maltreatment. In R. Kerr, N. Barker-Ruchti, C. Stewart & G. Kerr (Eds.), Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives. pp. 237-243. London: Routledge.

  • Kerr, G., Willson, E., & Stirling, A. (2020). “It was the worst time in my life”: The effects of emotionally abusive coaching on female Canadian national team athletes. Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal, 28, 81-89. doi:10.1123/wspaj.2019-0054

  • Nepon, T., Pepler, D., Craig, W., Connolly, J., & Flett, G. L. (2020). A longitudinal analysis of peer victimization, self-esteem, and rejection sensitivity in mental health and substance use among adolescents. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19, 1135–1148.

  • Stirling, A. (2020). Experiential learning. In M. E. David & M. J. Amey (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education. Sage.

  • Stirling, A., Tam, A., Milne, A., & Kerr, G. (2020). Keep smiling and point your toes: Media narratives of gymnasts’ abusive experiences. In R. Kerr, N. Barker-Ruchti, C. Stewart & G. Kerr (Eds.), Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives. pp. 143-157. London: Routledge.

  • Straw, C. M., Principe, F. M., Kurtz, E. L., Wiese-Bjornstal, D. M., & Horgan, B. P. (2020). Within-field variability of turfgrass surface properties and athlete performance: Modeling their relationship using GPS and GIS technologies. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 234(2), 170–175.

  • Tam, A., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2020). The #MeToo movement in sports coaching: Influence on coaches’ practices and relations with athletes. International Sport Coaching Journal, 8(1), 1-12. doi:10.1123/iscj.2019-0081

  • Kerr, R., & Kerr, G. (2019). Promoting athlete welfare: A proposal for an international surveillance system Sport Management Review, 23(1), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2019.05.005

  • Straw, C., Principe, F., Wiese-Bjornstal, D., & Horgan, B. (2019, May). GPS athlete performance tracking devices for sports field management and research. SportsTurf, 10–12.

  • Kerr, G., Stirling, A., & MacPherson, E. (2014). A critical examination of child protection initiatives in sport contexts. Social Sciences, 3(4), 742–757. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci3040742