Previous researchers have demonstrated that sport participation can be a place of purpose, a place of celebrated deviance, and/or a value-neutral endeavor for children who have experienced developmental trauma. While previous research has focused primarily on sport as a positive influence, the purpose of this paper is to examine where disillusionment, disengagement, and damage occur through participation in sport. This study was guided by a constructionist epistemology, with the researchers aiming to understand how sport participation interacted with various system-level influences. Interviews were conducted with 41 former athletes, significant others, and community members. The results of this study explore how a sport system can contribute to disillusionment in sport, disengagement from sport, and damage done through sport.

以前的研究人员已经证明，运动参与可以成为遭受发展创伤的儿童的目的之地，举世闻名的偏差和/或中性价值的努力。尽管先前的研究主要将体育作为一种积极影响，但本文的目的是检验参与体育运动会导致幻灭，脱离接触和伤害的地方。这项研究是在建构主义认识论的指导下进行的，研究人员旨在了解运动参与如何与各种系统级影响相互作用。与41位前运动员，重要运动员和社区成员进行了访谈。这项研究的结果探讨了运动系统如何导致运动幻灭，运动脱离以及运动造成的损害。