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Leslie W. Podlog

Leslie W. Podlog, PhD

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct -

Academic Office Information

les.podlog@utah.edu

I am originally from Calgary, Canada and attended Simon Fraser University where I received my Bachelors and Masters degree in Sociology. While at Simon Fraser, I was a member of the Varsity wrestling team where I unfortunately experienced numerous injuries. Such experiences led to my academic interest in the psychology of sport injury, a topic I pursued as a focus for my doctoral studies at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. Following completion of my Ph.D. in 2006, I accepted a tenure track position at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia. From 2008-2011 I was employed as an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University before arriving at the University of Utah. Currently, I teach Sport and Exercise Psychology and continue to research the psychology of injury and return to sport/daily activity.

Research Statement

My research interests focus on the psychological aspects of a return to sport from injury, applications of self-determination theory in sport and physical activity settings, and consequences of self-presentation (i.e., impression management) concerns among sport and physical activity participants.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Stefan Wagnsson (11/16/2020). Lessons learned from a holistic intervention program to prevent Swedish female athletes from dropping out of floorball.
  2. Ian Rollo (08/19/2020). Role of sports psychology and sport nutrition in return to play from musculoskeletal injuries in professional soccer: An interdisciplinary approach. .
  3. Morgan Hall (07/06/2020). Patient and practitioner perspectives of psychological need support in physical therapy.
  4. Victor Rubio (06/23/2020). Understanding the dimensions of personal growth following a severe sport injury: A DELPHI method approach.
  5. Elyse DAstous (04/25/2020). An exploration of college athletes’ motivation and return-to-sport outcomes after injury. .
  6. James A Dimmock (02/18/2020). Not all promotion is good promotion: The pitfalls of overexaggerated claims and controlling language in exercise messaging.
  7. Leslie Podlog (02/04/2020). A cognitive behavioral intervention for collegiate athletes with injuries.
  8. Melissa Inigo (11/24/2015).
  9. Aubrey Newland (10/14/2015).
  10. James Dimmock (09/12/2015).
  11. Leslie Podlog (04/21/2015).
  12. Leslie Podlog (03/19/2015).
  13. Leslie Podlog (03/02/2015).
  14. Schulte S (12/2014).
  15. Lochbaum MR (12/2014).
  16. Podlog L (11/2014).
  17. Kleinert J (10/2014).
  18. Menefee KK (10/2014).
  19. Wadey R (10/2014).
  20. Granquist MD (09/2014).
  21. Destani F (08/2014).
  22. Goh TL (07/2014).
  23. Silva A (10/2013).
  24. Podlog L (10/2013).
  25. Wadey R (09/2013).
  26. Podlog L (06/2013).
  27. Gao Z (06/2013).
  28. Goh TL (05/2013).
  29. Lochbaum M (04/2013).
  30. Gustafsson H (04/2013).
  31. Miller J (04/2013).
  32. Leslie Podlog (03/2013).
  33. Ivarsson A (03/2013).
  34. Schulte S (02/2013).
  35. Marc Lochbaum (10/2012).
  36. Zan Gao (08/2012).
  37. Aubrey Newland (08/2012).
  38. Leslie Podlog (07/2012).
  39. Zan Gao (06/2012).
  40. Zan Gao (05/2012).
  41. James Dimmock (04/2012).
  42. John Miller (03/2012).
  43. Leslie Podlog (03/2012).
  44. Zan Gao (12/2011).
  45. (07/2011).
  46. (07/2011).
  47. (07/2010).
  48. (07/2010).
  49. (07/2010).
  50. (07/2009).

Book Chapter

  1. Leslie Podlog (06/20/2020). Injury and Concussion. Oxford University Press.
  2. Leslie Podlog (11/15/2015).
  3. Leslie Podlog (08/05/2015).
  4. Laura Kenow (03/20/2015).
  5. Gao Z (12/2014).
  6. Podlog L (10/2014).
  7. Kenow L (09/2014).
  8. Johnson U (08/2014).

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Heil J (06/2014). .