Understanding inequality: The experiences and perceptions of equality, diversity, and inclusion of those working or studying within sport and exercise psychology

Morris, Robert; Pattinson, Emily; Lafferty, Moira; Brown, Daniel J.; Emeka, Lloyd; Williams, Jodine; Byrne, Louise; Shanmuganathan-Felton, Vaithehy; Kiemle-Gabbay, Laura

doi:10.53841/bpssepr.2022.17.1.4

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“…At the same time, problems are noted in how EDI-focused activities engage with the topic of disabled people [6]. EDI phrases are used in conjunction with minority stress [119], stressors of lived experience [120,121], such as discrimination [122,123], racism [123,124], and social and economic inequality [125]. A lack of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DEI) is seen as a stressor [126].…”

Section: Edi and Stressorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Create tools and visuals for athletes of color, illustrating the institution's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion". [120] (p. 5), same for [121] And the third example is:…”

Section: Edi and Stress And Disabled Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

“…EDI phrases are engaged with in relation to stressors of lived experience, such as the concept of minority stress [119]. EDI discussions mention discrimination [122,123], racism [123,124], lived experience [120,121], and social and economic inequality [125] as stressors. A lack of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DEI) is seen as a stressor [126].…”

Section: Edi Stressors and Disabled Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

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Academic Coverage of Social Stressors Experienced by Disabled People: A Scoping Review

Wolbring,

Escobedo

2023

Societies

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Social stress can be caused by many factors. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) highlights many social stressors disabled people experience in their daily lives. How social stressors experienced by disabled people are discussed in the academic literature and what data are generated influence social-stressor related policies, education, and research. Therefore, the aim of our study was to better understand the academic coverage of social stressors experienced by disabled people. We performed a scoping review study of academic abstracts employing SCOPUS, the 70 databases of EBSCO-HOST and Web of Science, and a directed qualitative content analysis to achieve our aim. Using many different search strategies, we found few to no abstracts covering social stressors experienced by disabled people. Of the 1809 abstracts obtained using various stress-related phrases and disability terms, we found a bias towards covering disabled people as stressors for others. Seventeen abstracts mentioned social stressors experienced by disabled people. Fourteen abstracts flagged “disability” as the stressor. No abstract contained stress phrases specific to social stressors disabled people experience, such as “disablism stress*” or “ableism stress*”. Of the abstracts containing equity, diversity, and inclusion phrases and policy frameworks, only one was relevant, and none of the abstracts covering emergency and disaster discussions, stress-identifying technologies, or science and technology governance were relevant. Anxiety is one consequence of social stressors. We found no abstract that contained anxiety phrases that are specific to social stressors disabled people experience, such as “ableism anxiety”, “disablism anxiety” or “disability anxiety”. Within the 1809 abstract, only one stated that a social stressor is a cause of anxiety. Finally, of the abstracts that contained anxiety phrases linked to a changing natural environment, such as “climate anxiety”, none were relevant. Our study found many gaps in the academic literature that should be fixed and with that highlights many opportunities.

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Section: Edi and Stressorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Create tools and visuals for athletes of color, illustrating the institution's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion". [120] (p. 5), same for [121] And the third example is:…”

Section: Edi and Stress And Disabled Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Edi Stressors and Disabled Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

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Academic Coverage of Social Stressors Experienced by Disabled People: A Scoping Review

Wolbring,

Escobedo

2023

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Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Other EDI Phrases and EDI Policy Frameworks: A Scoping Review

Wolbring

Nguyen

2023

Trends in Higher Education

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Equity, equality, diversity, inclusion, belonging, dignity, justice, accessibility, accountability, and decolonization are individual concepts used to engage with problematic social situations of marginalized groups. Phrases that put together these concepts in different ways, such as “equity, diversity and inclusion”, “equality, diversity, and inclusion”, “diversity, equity and inclusion”, “equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility”, “justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion”, and “equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization” are increasingly used, indicating that any one of these concepts is not enough to guide policy decisions. These phrases are also used to engage with problems in the workplace. Universities are one workplace where these phrases are used to improve the research, education, and general workplace climate of marginalized students, non-academic staff, and academic staff. EDI policy frameworks such as Athena SWAN and DIMENSIONS: equity, diversity, and inclusion have been also set up with the same purpose. What EDI data are generated within the academic literature focusing on EDI in the workplace, including the higher education workplace, influence the implementation and direction of EDI policies and practices within the workplace and outside. The aim of this scoping review of academic abstracts employing SCOPUS, the 70 databases of EBSCO-HOST and Web of Sciences, was to generate data that allow for a detailed understanding of the academic inquiry into EDI. The objective of this study was to map out the engagement with EDI in the academic literature by answering seven research questions using quantitative hit count manifest coding: (1) Which EDI policy frameworks and phrases are mentioned? (2) Which workplaces are mentioned? (3) Which academic associations, societies, and journals and which universities, colleges, departments, and academic disciplines are mentioned? (4) Which medical disciplines and health professionals are mentioned? (5) Which terms, phrases, and measures of the “social” are present? (6) Which technologies, science, and technology governance terms and ethics fields are present? (7) Which EDI-linked groups are mentioned and which “ism” terms? Using a qualitative thematic analysis, we aimed to answer the following research question: (8) What are the EDI-related themes present in relation to (a) the COVID-19/pandemic, (b) technologies, (c) work/life, (d) intersectionality, (e) empowerment of whom, (f) “best practices”, (g) evaluation and assessment of EDI programs, (h) well-being, and (i) health equity. We found many gaps in the academic coverage, suggesting many opportunities for academic inquiries and a broadening of the EDI research community.

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Voices of the minority: Diverse experiences from practitioners in the field of sports and exercise psychology

Williams¹

2022

bpssepr

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The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of sports and exercise psychologists and sports and exercise psychology trainees from minority groups as they practice within the field. The experiences of UK minority sports and exercise psychologists and trainees within the field have not been widely explored in the literature. The lived experiences of three practitioners were explored through the lens of race, sexual orientation and religion. Forty-five-minute semi-structured interviews were analysed using an interpretive phenomenological analysis. The following themes arose from the study: the unseen minority, embed discrimination in sport, improving the field, journey barriers and the qualities of a practitioner. Based on the themes explored future research areas are discussed.

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Understanding inequality: The experiences and perceptions of equality, diversity, and inclusion of those working or studying within sport and exercise psychology

Cited by 3 publications

References 38 publications

Academic Coverage of Social Stressors Experienced by Disabled People: A Scoping Review

Academic Coverage of Social Stressors Experienced by Disabled People: A Scoping Review

Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Other EDI Phrases and EDI Policy Frameworks: A Scoping Review

Voices of the minority: Diverse experiences from practitioners in the field of sports and exercise psychology

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