Article RETRACTED due to malpractice  Gender Inequality in Motor Development as a Structural Barrier Mechanism in the Sports Industry: Scoping Review

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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v82.118487

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Gender Inequality, Motor Development, Structural Barriers, Sports Industry

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Gender inequality issues within the sports industry are generally reviewed through the lens of sport participation, representation, and elite performance, whereas the formative mechanisms surrounding these issues have yet to be properly researched. Motor development represents the primary intermediary pathway to sport participation and coaching, however the accessibility of these formative movement experiences is inequitably distributed according to gender. The current scoping literature review amalgamates the discussion surrounding gender inequality among motor development and the structural sporting industry impediment that these issues represent. A search through both the Scopus and PubMed libraries yielded a total of 16 studies that represent a broad array of study types, locations, and topics of motor development, all relating to gender inequality. The outcomes of the thematic literary analysis indicate that gender inequality within the domain of motor development is socially led and pathologically contagious to gender inequality in the sporting industry. The current scoping review illustrates the pivotal structural element that motor development represents to improve gender equality within the sporting industry.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Suryanto Agung Prabowo, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Suryanto Agung Prabowo, S.Pd., M.Pd., is a lecturer at Surabaya State University. Over the past five years, he has taught 14 courses and has provided 12 community service projects.

  • Himawan Wismanadi, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Prof. Dr. Himawan Wismanadi, M.Pd., is a lecturer at Surabaya State University. Over the past five years, he has taught 31 courses and has provided 12 community service projects.

     
  • Andun Sudijandoko, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Prof. Dr. Andun Sudijandoko, M.Kes., is a lecturer at Surabaya State University. In the past five years, he has taught 36 courses and has provided community service nine times.

     
  • Noortje Anita Kumaat1 Noortje Anita Kumaat1, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Dr. Noortje Anita Kumaat, M.Kes., is a lecturer at Surabaya State University. Over the past five years, she has taught 25 courses. She has performed 19 community service projects. She has published 100 scientific articles in journals.

  • Iwan Barata, Universitas Negeri Jakarta

    Iwan Barata is a lecturer at UNJ Jakarta, who has been teaching and conducting research related to sports for many years.

  • Alvin Afandi, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Alvin Afandi is a doctoral student majoring in physical education who is also an assistant professor, has experience in sports research and dozens of publications in Scopus.

  • Novadri Ayubi, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Dr. Novadri Ayubi, S.Or., M.Kes. is a lecturer at Surabaya State University. In the past 5 years, he has taught 8 courses. He has done 8 community service projects. He has published 168 scientific articles in journals. He has presented 1 scientific seminar.

  • Ainun Zulfikar Rizki, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Ainun is a new lecturer who has a lot of research experience and publications related to Physical Education, sports health and biomechanics.

  • Eva Ferdita Yuhantini, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

    Eva Ferdita Yuhantini, S.Pd., M.Kes., is a lecturer at Surabaya State University. Over the past five years, she has taught 42 courses and has performed 20 community service projects.

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Prabowo, S. A., Wismanadi, H., Sudijandoko, A., Noortje Anita Kumaat1, N. A. K., Barata, I. ., Afandi, A., Ayubi, N., & Yuhantini, E. F. (2026). Article RETRACTED due to malpractice  Gender Inequality in Motor Development as a Structural Barrier Mechanism in the Sports Industry: Scoping Review. Retos, 82. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v82.118487