Peer-reviewed Manuscripts

Willson, E., Buono, S., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2025). Exploring the relationships between psychological maltreatment, athlete satisfaction, eating disorders, and self-harm in elite athletes. Frontiers in Sport and Active Living. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1406775

Mountjoy, M., Willson, E., Vertommen, T. (2024). Lived experience of interpersonal violence – enriching sport’s safeguarding journey. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 58(22). 1529-1548.

Willson, E., Buono, S., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2023). Maltreatment experiences and mental health indicators among Canadian National team athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 69(102493). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102493

Willson, E., Taylor, A., Kerr, G., & Stirling, A. (2023). Discussing safe sport in the digital space: The #gymnastalliance movement. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2023.2231949

Willson, E., & Kerr, G. (2023). Gender-based violence in girls’ sports. Adolescents, 3(2), 278-289. https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents3020020

MacPherson, E., Battaglia, A., Kerr, G., Wensel, S., McGee, S., Milne, A., Principe, F., & Willson, E., (2022). Evaluation of child protection education and reporting initiatives. Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11070310

Willson, E., Kerr, G., Battaglia, A., & Stirling, A. (2022). Empowering the athletes’ voices: National team athletes’ perspectives on advancing safe sport in Canada. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.840221

Willson, E., & Kerr, G. (2021). Body shaming as a form of emotional abuse in sport. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1979079

Willson, E., Kerr, G., Stirling, A., & Buono, S. (2021). Prevalence of maltreatment among Canadian National Team athletes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1–23. DOI: 10.1177/08862605211045096t.

Murray, R. M., Howe, H. S., Sylvester, B. D., Willson, E., & Sabiston, C. M. (2021). Associations between resistance training motivation, behaviour and strength. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1929400

Kerr, G., Willson, E., & Stirling, A. (2020). “It Was the Worst Time in My Life”: The effects of emotionally abusive coaching on female Canadian National Team athletes. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 28(1), 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.2019-0054

Vani, M. F., Pila, E., Willson, E., & Sabiston, C. M. (2020). Body-related embarrassment: The overlooked self-conscious emotion. Body Image, 32, 14-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.10.007

Book Chapters

Willson, E. & Kerr, G. (2024) Athlete maltreatment: Re-examining the use of power in sport-related relationships. L. Davis, R. Keegan and S. Jowett (Eds.). Social Psychology in Sport (2nd edition), (pp. 49-62). Human Kinetics

Willson, E. & Kerr. G. (2024). Body shaming as a form of emotional abuse in sport. R. J. Schinke (Ed.). Mental Health in Sport and Physical Activity: Selected Writings From the ISSP Academy of Science. Routledge.

Maranhao, J., Willson, E., & Hanna, K. (2023). Sexual abuse and human rights in sport: Why it matters. J. Zajda, & Y. Vissing (Eds.). Discourses of Globalisation, Human Rights, and Sports. (pp. 113-134). Springer.

Willson, E., MacPherson, E., & Kerr, G. (2023). Exploring the relationships between experiences of maltreatment and mental health challenges in athletes. D. Tod, K. Hodge, & V. Krane (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology. A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners (2nd Edition,) (pp. 69-78). New York: Routledge.

MacPherson, E. Willson, E., & Kerr, G. (2022). Athletes, social media and health. J. Sanderson and M. Weathers (Eds.). Health Communication and Sport: Connections, Applications, and Opportunities. (pp. 155-170). Lanham: Lexington Books.

Kerr, G., & Willson, E. (2021). Re-building and re-discovering after emotionally abusive experiences In F. Cavallerio (Ed.) Creative Nonfiction in Sport and Exercise Research. (pp. 129-139). Routledge.

Kerr, G., Willson, E., & Stirling, A. (2020). When the coach-athlete relationship influences vulnerability to sexual abuse of women’s artistic gymnasts. In Kerr, R., Barker-Ruchti, N., Stewart, C. & Kerr, G. (Eds). Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-Cultural Perspectives. (pp. 143-157). Routledge Press.