Translating research into interventions is a main focus at the working group of sport psychology at TUM. The areas covered are performance psychology, clinical psychology, and development and validation of assessment instruments. Traditionally, a major area of interest is motivation and volition as well as personality assessment. Recently, embodiment as well as burnout and depression have become major research areas. We employ a multi-method approach using experimental research, including neurophysiological methods as well as survey research. Cooperation with major sport and health organisations is part of the programme.
Elite sports pose very different challenges to athletes. Identification and development of athletic talents, therefore, requires an interdisciplinary perspective. From a sports psychology perspective, the so-called "executive functions" have come into focus in recent years. Skills such as fast…
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This year's Young Scientists' Conference of the Association for Sport Psychology (asp) took place at the Institute for Sport and Movement Science at the University of Stuttgart and offered an inspiring platform for more than 30 young scientists from German-speaking countries to exchange ideas and…
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Julia Schwender and Benedikt Perl, together with the team of the Chair of Preventive Paediatrics led by Barbara Reiner and Nils Olson, have successfully completed another run of the Mind Body Boost programme.
The intervention programme was jointly developed from a research consortium of eight…
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On May 18, 2023, Xin Chen presented the research questions of his doctorate at "55. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp 2023 Stuttgart)" in the form of posters (The Psychological Collectivism Questionnaire (PCQ): Factorial and construct validity across Chinese samples).…
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For 30 years now, the "Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie" has enriched sports science in Germany and is certainly one of its most renowned journals. It is the organ of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp) and the organ of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Recently, issue…
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Dr. Svenja A. Wolf (Florida State University), Dr. Vanessa Wergin (University of Queensland, TU Munich), M.Sc. Andrea Schittenhelm (Universität der Bundeswehr München) and M.Sc. Benedikt Perl (TU Munich) have received funding from the Albrecht von Dewitz Foundation for the next two years to study…
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Julia Schwender has been the deputy women's representative of the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences since November 2022. Together with Dr Barbara Reiner and Dr Carolina Olufemi, she is the contact person for questions, incidents, ambiguities and much more on the topics of diversity, equal rights,…
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Julia Schwender and Benedikt Perl, together with the team of the Chair of Preventive Paediatrics led by Barbara Reiner and Nils Olson, have successfully completed another run of the Mind Body Boost programme.
The intervention programme was jointly developed from a research consortium of eight…
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During the academic year celebration 2022 of the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, the teaching award was presented in the categories "Best Lecturer Lectures" and "Best Lecturer Seminars/Exercises", based on the results of the course evaluation of an academic year (WiSe and SoSe). Our colleague…
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The Bavarian-Czech Higher Academic Agency, based at the University of Regensburg, supports the development of academic networks in research and teaching between Bavarian and Czech universities. In order to re-intensify a contact that had been reduced due to corona-related travel restrictions, Dr.…
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