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The article chosen for this discussion is the article about interpersonal violence among athletes. 

It was determined that this study was a quantitative type of research study. This determination was made due to the results of the study being displayed in quantitative form, as in the form of percentages. There were 58% of participants that reported interpersonal violence at some point in sports, 12.3% reported food or water deprivation, 8.8% experience sexual violence, and 6.9% have reported physical violence (Dallam et al., 2024). Quantitative research studies generally have data displayed in numerical form as either percentages, numbers, figures, or facts (Godshall, 2020). 

The problem of this study and what this study aimed to understand is how prevalent interpersonal violence is among athletes that include physical, sexual, verbal abuse, along with food or water deprivation. The research study is presented as a survey among the participants to measure the reporting of interpersonal violence. The research study certainly provided enough background information on the issue to acquaint the level of significance to the reader. In one real example that the study provided, it was revealed that a USA gymnastics doctor had been estimated to have had over 500 sexual abuse victims. A major limitation to the study I would say is there is a limitation in regard to the sample size. There were a total of 473 athlete participants, and this number compared to how many athletes exist in the US is extremely small. I would question the strength due to the population sample being so small compared to the total athletes. The representing sample number isn’t even close to being 1% of the total population of US athletes, so an extremely small group of representation. Recommendations I would make from the studies results would be to increase the amount of mental health resources that are available to athletes and perform another research study with a much larger sample size with different geographics to try and notice any potential trends. Further assessment of interpersonal violence among athletes is crucial to best determine how to address the issue. 

 

Dallam, S. J., Ortiz, A. J., Timon, C. E., Kang, J. S., & Hamilton, M. A. (2024). Interpersonal violence in elite U.S. athletes: Prevalence and mental health correlates. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 33(9), 1135–1153. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2024.2350998Links to an external site.

Godshall, M. (2020). Fast facts for evidence-based nursing practice (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing Company.

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