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Journal Articles

Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P, Kearns, C, Black, J, Kavanagh, E (Accepted for publication) Towards an Online Safety Audit Framework for Sports Organisations: An Online Delphi Conference Study, Communication and Sport, ISSN: 2167-4795.

Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Rosati, P, Kearns, C, Black, J, Kavanagh, E (2026) Towards an online safety audit framework for sports organisations: an online delphi conference study, Communication and Sport, ISSN: 2167-4795.

Ali, B, Perry, C, Kavanagh, E (2026) Delaying, delaying: athlete perspectives on contemplating motherhood in high performance women’s rugby, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, pp.1-17, ISSN: 2159-676X. DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2026.2721386.

Kite, RJ, Gennings, E, Kavanagh, E, Mountjoy, M (2026) Clarifying ‘youth’: why conceptual and ethical clarity matters in sport, British Journal of Sports Medicine, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-111129.

Tooth, C, Malo, H, Kavanagh, E, Seil, K (2026) #BeyondTheLikes: the influence of social media on athletes’ mental health, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 60(14), pp.1003-1005, ISSN: 0306-3674.

N. Woessner, M, Pankowiaka, A, Kavanagh, E, Hamer, J, Sherry, E, McLachlan, F, Parker, AG (2026) Improving community sport volunteers’ response to abuse of children in sport: a theory informed educational workshop, Managing Sport and Leisure, ISSN: 2375-0472. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2026.2681589.

Kavanagh, E, Adams, A, Harvey, T (2026) Encountering unsettling stories of sport coaching violence: practitioner reflections on attending an interactive and immersive installation on the topic of abuse in sport, Sports Coaching Review, 15(1), pp.81-101, ISSN: 2164-0629. DOI: 10.1080/21640629.2023.2195767.

Gledhill, A, Gouttebarge, V, Gunter, K, Henriksen, K, Ivarsson, A, Kavanagh, E, Larsen, CH, Mountjoy, M (2026) Protecting mental health and wellbeing at the men’s football World Cup, Sports Medicine, 56(6), ISSN: 0112-1642. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-026-02458-9.

Babiker-Moore, T, Schurer, A, Hughes, M, Clark, CJ, Crook, TB, Kavanagh, E (2026) Co-developing preoperative therapy for Dupuytren’s fasciectomy: lived experience and clinical expertise, Research Involvement and Engagement, 12(1), 22, DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00849-w.

Mosley, E, Kavanagh, E, Felton, M, Iskra, M, Salvotti, C, Zammit, N, Laborde, S (2026) How breathing faster or slower can improve performance and wellbeing, Frontiers for Young Minds, 13, 1603451, DOI: 10.3389/frym.2025.1603451.

Ahmed, W, Hardy, M, Boardman, R, Kavanagh, E, Fenton, A (2025) Misogyny, misogynoir and violent online rhetoric against women and girls in sport: the case of Joey Barton, European Sport Management Quarterly, 26(4), pp.689-711, ISSN: 1618-4742. DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2025.2594090.

Kavanagh, E, Mountjoy, M, Teunissen, L, Constandt, B (2025) ’I’m outside, and I’m going to hurt you’: the dark side of stalking in sport, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59(21), pp.1454-1456, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-109995.

Khomutova, A, Chroni, SA, Kavanagh, E, Ruffault, A, Miles, A, Moesch, K, Fontanesi, L, Nery, M, Vertommen, T (2025) FEPSAC position statement on safeguarding athletes in sport, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 80, ISSN: 1469-0292. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102897.

Babiker-Moore, T, Clark, CJ, Kavanagh, E, Crook, TB (2025) Which elective hand surgery would benefit most from preoperative therapy interventions to enhance surgical outcomes? A survey of hand therapists, Hand Therapy, 30(3), pp.143-151, ISSN: 1758-9983. DOI: 10.1177/17589983251345385.

Knott, S, Paterson, C, Kavanagh, E (2025) Safe sport, whistleblowing and contextual learning: Truly safe to speak up?, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59, pp.1122-1123, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2025-110457.

Gennings, E, Kavanagh, E, Hunter, A, Jones, I (2025) A critical examination of children’s well-being and well-becoming in a professional youth football academy, Sport in Society, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2025.2543805.

Babiker-Moore, T, Clark, CJ, Kavanagh, E, Crook, TB (2025) The effect of preoperative interventions on postoperative outcomes following elective hand surgery: A systematic review, Hand Therapy, 30(1), pp.19-33, ISSN: 1758-9983. DOI: 10.1177/17589983241301449.

Parent, S, Radziszewski, S, Aghedo, O, Daignault, I, Kavanagh, E, Lang, M, Mountjoy, M, Pankowiak, A, Topart, J, Woessner, M, Vertommen, T (2024) Identifying future research priorities in the field of interpersonal violence (IV) towards athletes in sport: a Delphi study, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58, pp.1345-1352, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108763.

Kavanagh, E and Mountjoy, M (2024) cyberabuse in sport: beware and be aware!, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58, pp.1313-1315, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107885.

Tuakli-Wosornu, YA, Burrows, K, Fasting, K, Hartill, M, Hodge, K, Kaufman, K, Kavanagh, E, L Kirby, S, G MacLeod, J, Mountjoy, M, Parent, S, Tak, M, Vertommen, T, Rhind, D (2024) IOC consensus statement: interpersonal violence and safeguarding in sport, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(22), pp.1322-1344, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108766.

Vertommen, T, Woessner, M, Kavanagh, E, Parent, S, Pankowiak, A, Haerens, L, Schyvinck, C, Constandt, B, Spaaij, R, Stevens, V, Willem, A, Mountjoy, M (2024) ’ First, do no harm’: Conducting research on interpersonal violence in sport, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58, pp.1315-1318, ISSN: 0306-3674. DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108767.

Fenton, A, Ahmed, W, Hardey, M, Boardman, R, Kavanagh, E (2024) Women’s football subculture of misogyny: the escalation to online gender-based violence, European Sport Management Quarterly, 24, pp.1215-1237, ISSN: 1618-4742. DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2023.2270566.

Woessner, MN, Pankowiak, A, Kavanagh, E, Parent, S, Vertommen, T, Eime, R, Spaaij, R, Harvey, J, Parker, AG (2024) Telling adults about it: children’s experience of disclosing interpersonal violence in community sport, Sport in Society, 27, pp.661-680, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2268555.

Constandt, B, Vertommen, T, Cox, L, Kavanagh, E, Kumar, BP, Pankowiak, A, Parent, S, Woessner, M (2024) Quid interpersonal violence in the sport integrity literature? A scoping review, Sport in Society, 27, pp.162-180, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2233433.

Williams, A, Butt, J, Kavanagh, E (2024) An exploration of coaches’ and sport psychologists’ experiences of managing performance blocks, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 36, pp.301-319, ISSN: 1041-3200. DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2023.2214745.

Mosley, E, Duncan, S, Jones, K, Herklots, H, Kavanagh, E, Laborde, S (2024) A Smartphone Enabled Slow-Paced Breathing Intervention in Dual Career Athletes, Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, 15, pp.149-164, ISSN: 2152-0704. DOI: 10.1080/21520704.2023.2194256.

Kavanagh, EJ, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J (2023) Social Media and Athlete Welfare, International Journal of Sport Communication, 16, pp.274-281, ISSN: 1936-3915. DOI: 10.1123/ijsc.2023-0116.

Parry, KD, Clarkson, BG, Kavanagh, EJ, Sawiuk, R, Grubb, L (2023) Ticking the right boxes: A critical examination of the perceptions and attitudes towards the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) acronym in the UK, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 58, pp.867-888, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/10126902221132802.

Kavanagh, E, Backhouse, S, Chester, N, Miles, A, Rhind, D, Ryall, E, Sharkey, J (2023) The BASES Expert Statement on Integrity in the Sport and Exercise Sciences, The Sport and Exercise Scientist, pp.8-9.

Hansen, M, Kavanagh, E, Anderson, E, Parry, K, Cleland, J (2023) An analysis of responses on Twitter to the English Premier League’s support for the anti-homophobia rainbow laces campaign, Sport in Society, 26, pp.302-316, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2022.2028774.

Clarkson, BG, Parry, KD, Sawiuk, R, Grubb, L, Kavanagh, E (2022) Transforming the English coaching landscape: Black women football coaches’ acts of resistance against racism and sexism, Managing Sport and Leisure, 30, pp.156-171, ISSN: 2375-0472. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2022.2148720.

Taha-Thomure, R, Milne, AS, Kavanagh, EJ, Stirling, AE (2022) Gender-Based Violence Against Trans* Individuals: A Netnography of Mary Gregory’s Experience in Powerlifting, Frontiers in Psychology, 13, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.854452.

Kavanagh, E, Knowles, Z, Brady, A, Rhind, D, Gervis, M, Miles, A, Davison, R (2022) The BASES expert statement on safeguarding in the sport and exercise sciences [Revised], The Sport and Exercise Scientist, (71), pp.1-2, ISSN: 1754-3452.

Dean, F, Kavanagh, E, Wilding, A, Rees, T (2022) An Examination of the Experiences of Practitioners Delivering Sport Psychology Services within English Premier League Soccer Academies, Sports, 10, 4, DOI: 10.3390/sports10040060.

Mosley, E, Wimshurst, ZL, Kavanagh, E (2022) Integrated Sport Psychology Support: A Case Study in Motor Sport, CASE STUDIES IN SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY, 6, pp.70-77, ISSN: 2470-4849. DOI: 10.1123/cssep.2021-0035.

Parry, KD, Storr, R, Kavanagh, EJ, Anderson, E (2021) Conceptualising organisational cultural lag: Marriage equality and Australian sport, Journal of Sociology, 57, pp.986-1008, ISSN: 1440-7833. DOI: 10.1177/1440783321991653.

Kavanagh, E and Brown, L (2020) Towards a research agenda for examining online gender-based violence against women academics, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44, pp.1379-1387, ISSN: 0309-877X. DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2019.1688267.

Parry, KD, Cleland, J, Kavanagh, E (2020) Racial folklore, black masculinities and the reproduction of dominant racial ideologies: The case of Israel Folau, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 55, pp.850-867, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/1012690219860355.

Quartiroli, A, Harris, BS, Bruckner, S, Chow, GM, Connole, IJ, Cropley, B, Fogaca, J, Gonzalez, SP, Guicciardi, M, Hau, A, Kao, S, Keegan, RJ, Kavanagh, E, Li, HY, Martin, G, Moyle, GM, Noce, F, Peterson, K, Roy, J, Rubio, VJ, Wagstaff, CRD, Wong, R, Yousuf, S, Zito, M (2020) The International Society of Sport Psychology Registry (ISSP-R) ethical code for sport psychology practice, International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ISSN: 1557-251X. DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2020.1789317.

Adams, A and Kavanagh, E (2020) The capabilities and human rights of high performance athletes, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 55, pp.147-168, ISSN: 1012-6902. DOI: 10.1177/1012690218791139.

Kavanagh, E, Adams, A, Lock, D, Stewart, C, Cleland, J (2020) Managing abuse in sport: An introduction to the special issue, Sport Management Review, 23(1), pp.1-7, ISSN: 1441-3523. DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2019.12.002.

Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J (2019) Sporting women and social media: Sexualization, misogyny, and gender-based violence in online spaces, International Journal of Sport Communication, 12, pp.552-575, ISSN: 1936-3915. DOI: 10.1123/ijsc.2019-0079.

Hemingway, A, Carter, S, Callaway, A, Kavanagh, E, Ellis, S (2019) An Exploration of the Mechanism of Action of an Equine-Assisted Intervention, Animals, 9(6), pp.303-303, DOI: 10.3390/ani9060303.

Mosley, E, Laborde, S, Kavanagh, E (2019) Corrigendum to “The contribution of coping related variables and cardiac vagal activity on dark throwing task performance” [Physiology and Behavior, 179 (2017) 116–125], Physiology & Behavior, 201, pp.230-230, ISSN: 0031-9384. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.11.017.

Britton, DM, Kavanagh, EJ, Polman, RCJ (2019) Validating a self-report measure of student athletes’ perceived stress reactivity: Associations with heart-rate variability and stress appraisals, Frontiers in Psychology, 10, MAY, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01083.

Litchfield, C and Kavanagh, E (2019) Twitter, Team GB and the Australian Olympic Team: representations of gender in social media spaces, Sport in society, pp.1148-1164, ISSN: 1461-0981. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2018.1504775.

Britton, DM, Kavanagh, EJ, Polman, RCJ (2019) A path analysis of adolescent athletes’ perceived stress reactivity, competition appraisals, emotions, coping, and performance satisfaction, Frontiers in Psychology, 10, MAY, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01151.

Mosley, E, Laborde, S, Kavanagh, E (2019) The Contribution of Coping-Related Variables and Cardiac Vagal Activity on Prone Rifle Shooting Performance under Pressure, Journal of Psychophysiology, 33, pp.171-187, ISSN: 0269-8803. DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000220.

Mosley, E, Laborde, S, Kavanagh, E (2018) Coping related variables, cardiac vagal activity and working memory performance under pressure, Acta Psychologica, 191, pp.179-189, ISSN: 0001-6918. DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.09.007.

Adams, A and Kavanagh, E (2018) Inclusive ideologies and passive performances: exploring masculinities and attitudes toward gay peers among boys in an elite youth football academy, Journal of Gender Studies, 27, pp.313-322, ISSN: 0958-9236. DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2017.1391073.

Litchfield, C, Kavanagh, E, Osborne, J, Jones, I (2018) Social media and the politics of gender, race and identity: the case of Serena Williams, European Journal for Sport and Society, 15, pp.154-170, ISSN: 1613-8171. DOI: 10.1080/16138171.2018.1452870.

Kavanagh, E, Brown, L, Jones, I (2017) Elite Athletes’ Experience of Coping With Emotional Abuse in the Coach–Athlete Relationship, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 29, pp.402-417, ISSN: 1041-3200. DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2017.1298165.

Mosley, E, Laborde, S, Kavanagh, E (2017) The contribution of coping related variables and cardiac vagal activity on the performance of a dart throwing task under pressure, Physiology and Behavior, 179, pp.116-125, ISSN: 0031-9384. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.05.030.

Britton, D, Kavanagh, E, Polman, R (2017) The Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale for adolescent athletes, Personality and Individual Differences, 116, pp.301-308, ISSN: 0191-8869. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.05.008.

Britton, D, Kavanagh, EJ, Polman, R (2017) The Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale for adolescent athletes, Personality and Individual Differences, 116, pp.301-308, ISSN: 0191-8869.

Kavanagh, E, Jones, I, Sheppard-Marks, L (Accepted for publication) Towards typologies of virtual maltreatment: Sport, digital cultures and dark leisure, Leisure Studies, ISSN: 1466-4496.

Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J, Jones, I (Accepted for publication) Virtual Maltreatment: Sexualisation and Social Media Abuse in Sport, Psychology of Women Section Review.

Kavanagh, E, Knowles, Z, Brady, A, Rhind, D, Gervis, M, Miles, A, Davison, R (2016) The BASES expert statement on safeguarding in the sport sciences, The Sport and Exercise Scientist, pp.20-21.

Kavanagh, E (2012) Affirmation through disability: one athlete’s personal journey to the London Paralympic Games, Perspect Public Health, 132, pp.68-74, ISSN: 1757-9139. DOI: 10.1177/1757913911435757.



Chapters

Kavanagh, E and Barker, K (Accepted for publication) Online Abuse Targeting (High Profile) Women: Rapidly Evolving Harms and Challenges for Policy. In Turanovic, J and Lloyd, K (ed) The Oxford Handbook of Victimology, Oxford University Press, pp.1-25.

Kavanagh, E and Brain, J (2026) Exploring overloading across traditional sport, esports, and streaming domains. In Lynn, T, Sinclair, G, Liston, K, Hassan, D (ed) Combating Online Abuse in Sports: The Game Beyond the Screen, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp.65-89, ISBN: 9783032178220. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-17822-0_4.

Kavanagh, E, Osborne, J, Litchfield, C (2025) Understanding gender-based violence in online sporting spaces: considerations for keeping safe in the digital realm. In Goodyear, VA and Bundon, A (ed) Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education, Routledge, pp.277-290, ISBN: 9781003411758. DOI: 10.4324/9781003411758.

Pankowiak, A, Kavanagh, E, Woessner, M (2025) Violence against children in sport: the role of digital technology in a connected world. In Organizational Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities, Bloomsbury, pp.51-71, ISBN: 9798216201427.

Kavanagh, EJ, Osborne, J, Litchfield, C (2025) Understanding Gender-Based Violence in Online Sporting Spaces. In Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport, Exercise and Physical Education, Taylor & Francis, pp.277-290, DOI: 10.4324/9781003411758-23.

Kavanagh, E, Adams, A, Picariello, M, Sheppard-Marks, L (2025) The Adoption of an Interactive and Immersive Installation to Educate Coaches on the Topic of Abuse in Sport. In Sports Coaching Education and Alternative Pedagogies Approaches in Higher Education, pp.50-72, DOI: 10.4324/9781003439646-4.

Mountjoy, M and Kavanagh, E (2025) Interpersonal violence in sport. In Brukner, P, Ardern, C, Bahr, R, Blazey, P, Clarsen, B, Crossley, K, Forster, B, Hutchinson, M, Lasinsky, A, Khan, K (ed) Bruckner and Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine: Foundations of Clinical Practice 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 31, ISBN: 9781761000010.

Kavanagh, EJ, Osborne, J, Litchfield, C (2025) UNDERSTANDING GENDERBASED VIOLENCE IN ONLINE SPORTING SPACES: Considerations for Keeping Safe in the Digital Realm. In Routledge Handbook of Digital Technologies in Sport Exercise and Physical Education, pp.277-290, DOI: 10.4324/9781003411758-23.

Kavanagh, E and Ansari, P (2024) Safe Sport. In Pedersen, PM (ed) Encyclopedia of Sport Management, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.820-820, ISBN: 978 1 03531 717 2.

Kavanagh, EJ and Parry, KD (2024) Online Violence and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In Jackson, D, Bernstein, A, Butterworth, M, Cho, Y, Sarver Coombs, D, Devlin, M, Vimieiro, AC (ed) Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2024: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport - Early reflections from leading academics, The Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research, Bournemouth University, pp.101-101, ISBN: 978-1-910042-38-0.

Kavanagh, E and Ansari, P (2024) Safe sport. In Encyclopedia of Sport Management Second Edition, pp.822-823, DOI: 10.4337/9781035317189.ch478.

Jaquelyn, O, Litchfield, C, Kavanagh, E (2023) Speaking up: a feminist analysis of the possibility of cultural change in women’s artistic gymnastics in Australia and England. In Bridges, D, Lewis, C, Wulff, E, Litchfield, C, Bamberry, L (ed) Gender, Feminist and Queer Studies Power, Privilege and Inequality in a Time of Neoliberal Conservatism, Routledge, pp.---, ISBN: 9781032328294.

Osborne, J, Litchfield, C, Kavanagh, E (2023) Speaking up. In Gender, Feminist and Queer Studies, Taylor & Francis, pp.161-173, DOI: 10.4324/9781003316954-16.

Kavanagh, E and Gennings, E (2023) Athlete Welfare. In The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Sport Studies, Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780367766924-RESS120-1.

Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J (2022) Social media, digital technology and athlete abuse. In Research in the Sociology of Sport, pp.185-204, DOI: 10.1108/S1476-285420220000015022.

Kavanagh, E and Rhind, D (2022) Safeguarding in physiological testing. In Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines Volume II Exercise and Clinical Testing the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide, pp.26-29, DOI: 10.4324/9781003045267-6.

Kavanagh, E and Rhind, D (2022) Safeguarding in physiological testing. In Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines Volume II Exercise and Clinical Testing the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide, pp.26-29, DOI: 10.4324/9781003045267-6.

Kavanagh, E and Rhind, D (2022) Safeguarding in physiological testing. In Sport and Exercise Physiology Testing Guidelines Volume I Sport Testing the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Guide, pp.25-28, DOI: 10.4324/9781003045281-6.

Kavanagh, E and Parry, KD (2021) Tokyo 2020: athlete welfare and coping with new anxieties. In Jackson, D, Bernstein, A, Butterworth, M, Cho, Y, Sarver Coombs, D, Devlin, M, Onwumechili, C (ed) Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2020: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport: Early reflections from leading academics, The Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research, pp.74-75, ISBN: 978-1-910042-33-5.

Kavanagh, E, Rhind, D, Gordon-Thomson, G (2021) Duties of care and welfare practices. In Stress Well Being and Performance in Sport, pp.313-331.

Osborne, J, Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C (2021) Freedom for Expression or a Space of Oppression? Social Media and the Female @thlete. In Professionalisation of Women S Sport Issues and Debates, pp.157-172, DOI: 10.1108/978-1-80043-196-620211010.

Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J (2020) 19 Virtual technologies as tools of maltreatment: Safeguarding in digital spaces. In Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare, pp.221-230.

Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J (2020) Virtual technologies as tools of maltreatment. In Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare, Taylor & Francis, pp.221-230, DOI: 10.4324/9780429201745-25.

Kavanagh, E, Jones, I, Sheppard-Marks, L (2020) Towards typologies of virtual maltreatment: sport, digital cultures & dark leisure. In Re-thinking Leisure in a Digital Age, Taylor & Francis, pp.75-88, DOI: 10.4324/9780429450402-6.

Kavanagh, E, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J (Accepted for publication) Virtual technologies as tools of maltreatment: safeguarding in digital spaces. In Lang, M (ed) The Routledge Handbook of Athlete Welfare, Routledge.

Grenville-Cleave, B, Brady, A, Kavanagh, E (2018) POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELATIONSHIPS IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. In Brady, A and Grenville-Cleave, B (ed) Positive Psychology in Sport and Physical Activity An Introduction, Routledge, pp.140-152, ISBN: 1315304376.

Kavanagh, E and Jones, I (2016) Understanding cyber-enabled abuse in sport. In Digital Leisure Cultures Critical Perspectives, pp.120-134, DOI: 10.4324/9781315666600.

Kavanagh, E and Brady, AJ (2014) A framework for understanding humanisation and dehumanisation in sport. In Rhind, D and Brackenridge, C (ed) Researching and enhancing athlete welfare, Brunel University Press, pp.22-26, ISBN: 978-1-908549-12-9.

Kavanagh, E and Jones, I (2014) #cyberviolence: Developing a typology for understanding virtual maltreatment in sport. In Rhind, D and Brackenridge, C (ed) Researching and Enhancing Athlete Wellbeing, Brunel University Press, pp.34-43, ISBN: 978-1-908549-12-9.



Reports

Black, J, Fletcher, T, Kavanagh, E, Kilvington, D (2026) Online harms in football: final report, Fair Game and the All Parliamentary Group - Football.

Black, J, Fletcher, T, Kilvington, D, Kavanagh, E (2026) Online harms in football: final report, pp.1-70, Fair Game UK.

Pennock, A, Kavanagh, E, Murphy, N, Anderson, N (2026) Safeguarding in Sport: Online Abuse of Athletes, pp.1-12, Safe Sport International.

Kavanagh, EJ, Litchfield, C, Osborne, J, Parry, KD (2024) Gender and Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport (PEPAS) Policy Brief.



Other

Kavanagh, E and Parry, KD (2024) Protecting women from online abuse is a moral obligation – and an issue sport cannot ignore, Online gender-based violence has grown more prevalent in line with the rising profile of women’s sport and female athletes. Are content producers doing enough to tackle the problem?.

Kavanagh, E (2023) Many Australian kids abused in sport won’t ever speak up. It’s time we break the silence.

Parry, KD, Kavanagh, E, Anderson, E (2021) Tokyo Olympics: winning could become about managing COVID stress, Friendship, harmony and excellence have long been touted as the traditional Olympic values. How will 2021 reshape athletes’ ability to live up to them?.

Kavanagh, E and Parry, KD (2021) Trolling of footballers: We all have the potential to be abused or become the abusers, The most worrying aspect of all of the abuse, like that suffered by James McClean, is just how common such abuse has become..

Kavanagh, E, Adams, A, Adams, A (2020) Winning at all costs – how abuse in sport has become normalised, In a moving letter on Twitter, top British gymnasts have claimed that abuse in sport is “completely normalised”. This article will discuss how an “environment of fear and mental abuse”, which seems unacceptable to most, can become normalised and why athletes, parents and coaches may not report it.This article explores how that can happen..

Parry, KD and Kavanagh, E (2019) Ben Stokes: England cricketer’s triumph over adversity is a classic hero’s tale.

Parry, KD, Kavanagh, E, Freeland, S (2018) Just not cricket: why ball tampering is cheating.

Parry, KD and Kavanagh, E (2018) Can the cricketers banned for ball tampering ever regain their hero status?: it’s happened before.

Kavanagh, E, Adams, A, Lock, D (2016) Football’s fight against homophobia might have reached a tipping point, Recent data on football’s homophobia problem was met with both optimism and pessimism. What’s really going on?.

Kavanagh, E, Adams, A, Lock, D (2016) Football’s fight against homophobia might have reached a tipping point, Recent data on football’s homophobia problem has been met with both optimism and pessimism. What’s really going on?.

Parry, KD, Kavanagh, EJ, Jones, I (2015) Adoration and abuse: how virtual maltreatment harms athletes.

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