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Dual careers and athlete wellbeing (2021)
Book Chapter
Woodford, L., & Roberts, C. (2021). Dual careers and athlete wellbeing. In N. Campbell, A. Brady, & A. Tincknell-Smith (Eds.), Developing and Supporting Athlete Wellbeing. Person First, Athlete Second. Routledge

Exploring the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic social distancing measures on athlete wellbeing: A qualitative study utilising photo-elicitation (2021)
Journal Article
Woodford, L., & Bussey, L. (2021). Exploring the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic social distancing measures on athlete wellbeing: A qualitative study utilising photo-elicitation. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 624023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624023

Countries all over the globe have implemented mandatory social distancing measures in an attempt to suppress and control the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This enforced period of isolation, disruption to normal training routines and c... Read More about Exploring the perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemic social distancing measures on athlete wellbeing: A qualitative study utilising photo-elicitation.

Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Goddard, K., Roberts, C., Byron-Daniel, J., & Woodford, L. (2021). Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 14(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2020.1744179

The objective of this article is to review the extant literature on the psychological factors related to adherence to sport injury rehabilitation among athletes. Published English language articles were identified using electronic databases. The qual... Read More about Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review.

The dormouse: Recollections of a lightweight rower with overtraining syndrome (2020)
Book Chapter
Woodford, L. (2020). The dormouse: Recollections of a lightweight rower with overtraining syndrome. In Performance Excellence (228-231). Rowman and Littlefield

Performance Excellence: Stories of Success from the Real World of Sport and Exercise Psychology provides concise and effective lessons on a variety of psychological skills and broader concepts within the domains of exercise, sport, and performance ps... Read More about The dormouse: Recollections of a lightweight rower with overtraining syndrome.

Mental Toughness and Associated Personality Characteristics of Marathon des Sables Athletes (2019)
Journal Article
Goddard, K., Roberts, C., Anderson, L., Woodford, L., & Byron-Daniel, J. (2019). Mental Toughness and Associated Personality Characteristics of Marathon des Sables Athletes. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02259

Mental toughness (MT) is commonly referred to as an important prerequisite for sustained athletic achievement. The increased research focus on MT has led to the development of a consistent debate centered around whether the construct is a unidimensio... Read More about Mental Toughness and Associated Personality Characteristics of Marathon des Sables Athletes.

The adolescent exercising female (2018)
Book Chapter
Woodford, L. (2018). The adolescent exercising female. In J. Forsyth, & C. Roberts (Eds.), The Exercising Female: Science and its Application (7-18). Oxford, UK: Routledge

Adolescence is the unique period of life between childhood and adulthood, and its definition has been a topic of much debate. It encompasses elements of biological growth and major social role transitions, both of which have changed in the past centu... Read More about The adolescent exercising female.