"Are all of the things we take from sport positive?" --- That was the question that initiated this episode with Katie Alexander, Ph.D. student and founder of "The Dark Side of Sport." We chat about sporting environments, sport culture, and power dynamics while calling out the different types of abuse individuals in sport should be aware of and looking out for.

Katherine "Katie" Alexander is a former competitive soccer player and current third-year Ph.D. at Utah State University. She primarily studies athlete abuse and maltreatment in sport settings but is also interested in positive youth development and exploring other "negative" aspects of development occurring outside of sport. In her free time, Katie enjoys lifting weights, learning, reading, and writing.

For her Ph.D. work, Katie is conducting a study on on stressful experiences in and out of sport and mental health symptomology. Please consider taking her survey: https://redcap.cehs.usu.edu/surveys/?s=JWYTKN7NFEWL899H

Note: This survey does explore aspects of childhood trauma and abuse, abuse and trauma in sport settings, adult trauma, and mental health symptoms (including anxiety, depressive, and PTSD symptoms).

Connect with Katie:
Website: https://ktalexander33.wordpress.com/
IG: @thedarksideofsport
Podcast: The Dark Side of Sport Podcast
Email: k.alexander@usu.edu

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