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
- Stefan Wagnsson (11/16/2020). Lessons learned from a holistic intervention program to prevent Swedish female athletes from dropping out of floorball.
- 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. .
- Morgan Hall (07/06/2020). Patient and practitioner perspectives of psychological need support in physical therapy.
- Victor Rubio (06/23/2020). Understanding the dimensions of personal growth following a severe sport injury: A DELPHI method approach.
- Elyse DAstous (04/25/2020). An exploration of college athletes’ motivation and return-to-sport outcomes after injury. .
- James A Dimmock (02/18/2020). Not all promotion is good promotion: The pitfalls of overexaggerated claims and controlling language in exercise messaging.
- Leslie Podlog (02/04/2020). A cognitive behavioral intervention for collegiate athletes with injuries.
- Melissa Inigo (11/24/2015).
- Aubrey Newland (10/14/2015).
- James Dimmock (09/12/2015).
- Leslie Podlog (04/21/2015).
- Leslie Podlog (03/19/2015).
- Leslie Podlog (03/02/2015).
- Schulte S (12/2014).
- Lochbaum MR (12/2014).
- Podlog L (11/2014).
- Kleinert J (10/2014).
- Menefee KK (10/2014).
- Wadey R (10/2014).
- Granquist MD (09/2014).
- Destani F (08/2014).
- Goh TL (07/2014).
- Silva A (10/2013).
- Podlog L (10/2013).
- Wadey R (09/2013).
- Podlog L (06/2013).
- Gao Z (06/2013).
- Goh TL (05/2013).
- Lochbaum M (04/2013).
- Gustafsson H (04/2013).
- Miller J (04/2013).
- Leslie Podlog (03/2013).
- Ivarsson A (03/2013).
- Schulte S (02/2013).
- Marc Lochbaum (10/2012).
- Zan Gao (08/2012).
- Aubrey Newland (08/2012).
- Leslie Podlog (07/2012).
- Zan Gao (06/2012).
- Zan Gao (05/2012).
- James Dimmock (04/2012).
- John Miller (03/2012).
- Leslie Podlog (03/2012).
- Zan Gao (12/2011).
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Book Chapter
- Leslie Podlog (06/20/2020). Injury and Concussion. Oxford University Press.
- Leslie Podlog (11/15/2015).
- Leslie Podlog (08/05/2015).
- Laura Kenow (03/20/2015).
- Gao Z (12/2014).
- Podlog L (10/2014).
- Kenow L (09/2014).
- Johnson U (08/2014).
Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast
- Heil J (06/2014). .