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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Biography
Current research projects
- 2025 Review of reviews in youth sport (funded by the Australian Sports Commisson)
- 2024 Athlete mental health and wellbeing on the road to the AFL Draft (funded by the Flinders Foundation)
- 2023-24 Understanding parental psychological abuse in youth sport (funded by Flinders DVCR Impact Seed Funding)
- 2022-2024 A multi-sport investigation of parent-club interactions in youth sport (funded by the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing SA)
PhD supervision
I current supervise/co-supervise a lab of 9 PhD and Honours students including:
- Miss Emma Milanese (Topic: Social and cultural benefits of a unique sporting hub in a low socioeconomic community; PhD scholarship holder)
- Mr James Kay (Topic: Re-engaging adolescent females back into organised sport; PhD scholarship holder)
- Miss Madison Richter (Topic: Enhancing Executive Function in children and adolescents through motor learning; PhD scholarship holder)
- Miss Emilea Mysko (Topic: Enhancing parental involvement in youth sport through violence education program; PhD scholarship holder)
- Mr Glen Fernandes (Topic: Sociocultural impact of AFL Gather Round on South Australian communities; PhD Scholarship holder)
- Mr Caleb Crowden (Topic: Understanding mental health and wellbeing among disability youth sport participants; PhD student)
- Mr Cliff Maina (Topic: Mental health in elite soccer environments; PhD Scholarship holder)
Research summary
I research three main areas: (1) research on parental involvement on youth sport psychosocial outcomes (including psychological abuse, parent-club interactions, and parental education programs); (2) Research on mental health and youth sport, and; (3) research on participation, retention, dropout, and reengagement (including the psychological, environmental, and social factors which impact sport continuation behaviour).
I have presented my work internationally in Australia, China, the UK, Canada, and the US, and have attained over $2.6 million in combined research grants, tenders and consultancies.
Supervised Students Successes
- Sept 2025 Sarah Crossman - PhD completion
- July 2025 Kayleigh O'Donnell - PhD completion
- Jan 2024 Catherine Litchfield - PhD completion
- Jan 2024 David Gow - PhD completion
- Oct 2018 Reuben Smith - Society of Medical and Biological Engineering Award SA
- Oct 2015 Martha Lage - EdD completion
Completed Supervisions
Principal supervisor:
- Female footballers, injury and social support practices (1) Social and cultural responsibility in youth sporting clubs (1)
Associate Supervisions:
- Health Education (2); PE and assessment (2); Adult sport participation and re-engagement (2)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Education
- Public health
Supervisory Interests
- Youth sport
- Sport coaching
- Social issues in youth sport
- Parental behaviour in youth sport
- Qualitative research methods
- Sport participation and dropout
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Advancing an understanding about parenting and children’s early sport involvement: An Australian perspective
Elliott, S. & Mysko, E., 2026, Families, Pre-School Sport, and Physical Activity: Critical Perspectives. Allen-Baker, G. & Velija, P. (eds.). Oxon, UK.: Taylor and Francis - Balkema, p. 137-151 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A qualitative exploration of the role of sports experiences in the engagement and retention of Australian adults
Crossman, S., Drummond, M., Elliott, S. & Petersen, J., 9 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A qualitative study of sporting club stakeholder perspectives of a Mental Fitness Charter for South Australian sport
Petersen, J., Crossman, S., Drummond, M., Elliott, S., Prichard, I., Drummond, C. & Rasheed, K., 2025, In: Australian Psychologist. 60, 3, p. 269-279 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A scoping review of coach-parent interactions and relationships across youth sport settings
Santos, F., Ferreira, M., Dias, L., Elliott, S. K., João Milan, F., Milistetd, M. & Knight, C., 2025, In: International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 18, 2, p. 1002-1025 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Closing the Gender Play Gap: A Qualitative Exploration of Female Adolescent Sport Participation, Dropout, and Reengagement
Kay, J., Klass, V., Crossman, S., Petersen, J. M., Drummond, M. & Elliott, S., Jan 2025, In: Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. 33, 1, 10 p., wspaj.2024-0145.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Flinders University's Vice Chancellors Award for Early Career Researchers
Elliott, S. (Recipient), 2018
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National Inclusion and Diversity in Sport Conference Champion of Inclusion Award
Elliott, S. (Recipient), 2018
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