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Laura Kenow

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Laura Kenow
Professor


HHPA Complex 206A

503-883-2580

lkenow@linfield.edu

Laura’s work focuses on the social and psychological factors that influence performance. She is actively involved in teaching and applying mental training to enhance performance in multiple domains, including sport, exercise and injury rehabilitation. Laura’s research efforts have focused on identifying social and psychological factors that affect the rate of sport injury and integrating psychosocial skills into the rehabilitation process to enhance recovery. She also researches gender issues in sport and is helping to reconstruct the history of women's athletics at 麻豆区.

Education

  • B.A., athletic training, Gustavus Adolphus College
  • M.S., exercise science, University of Arizona
  • Ph.D., kinesiology, University of Minnesota

Academic interests

  • Psychosocial aspects of sport injury and rehabilitation
  • Gender issues in sport
  • Performance psychology
  • History of women's athletics

Publications

  • Granquist, M., Hamson-Utley, J., Kenow, L., & Stiller-Ostrowski, J. (2015). Psychosocial Strategies for Athletic Training. FA Davis; Philadelphia, PA.
  • Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M.,  Kenow, L., & Flint, F.  (2012). Psychological aspects of rehabilitation.  In Hillman, S. (Ed.) Core concepts in athletic training and therapy (pp. 537-558). Human Kinetics; Champagne, IL.
  • Podlog, L. Gao, Z., Kenow, L. J., Kleinert, J., Granquist, M., Newton, M., & Hannon, J. (2013). Injury rehabilitation overadherence: Preliminary scale validation and relationships with athletic identity and self-presentation concerns.  Journal of Athletic Training.
  • Kenow, L.J. (2010).  The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL):  A review of literature and its reflection of gender issues. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 19(1), 58-69.
  • Kenow, L.J. & Williams, J.M. (1992) Relationship Between Anxiety, Self-Confidence, and Coaching Behaviors. The Sport Psychologist.
  • Kenow, L.J. & Williams, J.M. (1999) Coach-Athlete Compatibility and Athletes' Perception and Evaluative Reactions to Coaching Behaviors. Journal of Sport Behavior
  • Williams, Jerome, Kenow, Rogers, Sartain, & Darland (2003) Factor Structure of the Coaching Behavior Questionnaire and Its Relationship to Athlete Variables. The Sport Psychologist