Scoping Review of Non-Accidental Violence Toward Sport Officials

32 academic articles synthesize knowledge on non-accidental violence toward sport officials, covering 13 countries and 7 sports. The review, conducted in March 2025, finds 43.7% of studies used qualitative methods and only 4.1% of the total sample were women officials.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of study methodologies (e.g., qualitative methods) across the 13 countries represented.
• Investigate the reported consequences for officials, such as depression and attrition, in relation to the 7 sports covered.
• Examine the role of organizations as key contributors to the problem across the 32 included articles.
• Study the prevalence of verbal abuse from athletes, coaches, and spectators mentioned in the review synthesis.

Strengths

• Synthesizes findings from 32 distinct academic articles.
• Covers research from 13 different countries, providing international scope.
• Includes data on 7 different sports for cross-sport analysis.

Limitations

• Limited to a 45.6 KB document, containing synthesized text rather than raw tabular data.
• Sample of women officials is very small at 4.1%, limiting gender-based analysis.
• Findings are based on a scoping review methodology, not primary data collection.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Scoping review of academic literature.

Time Range

Articles selected in March 2025; review covers literature from the preceding 25 years.

Freshness

Articles were selected in March 2025; the dataset record was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

13 countries