Analysis of the factors that explain the dropout of young Quebec referees aged 14 to 20 and the contribution of violence as an explanatory factor

The overall EJOQ project includes three phases and is based on the use of a mixed methodology in order to explain the phenomenon of dropout among young Quebec referees aged 14 to 20 during the two years following their initial training. More specifically, its objectives are:

1. examine the trajectories of young referees during the first two years following their initial training; 1.1. to identify the differences between the trajectories of young referees who drop out and those who do not, according to the factors (constraints) of the conceptual framework retained; 1.2. to determine whether and to what degree the violence experienced explains the dropout; 1.3. to understand the experience of youth referees who drop out during this period.