Dr. Sebastian Wolf
Junior group leader "Exercise and Mental Health"
Contact
Institute of Sports Science
Hölderlinstraße 19
1st Floor, Room 104
07071 29-73613
sebastian.wolf @uni-tuebingen.de
Consultation Times (PDF)
Main research
- Exercise and mental health/mental disorders
- (neurophysiological) mechanisms of the antidepressant effects of exercise
- Prevention effects of exercise on mental disorders
Current research projects
- UNILIFE-M: Lifestyle and mental health trajectories in university students
- Covid-19: Protective factors and mental health during Covid-19 pandemic
- ImPuls - health services research project: a strong mind through motivation and exercise
- Physical Activity for ADHD
- Rumination: mechanism of the antidepressant effect of physical activity?
- MentalFIT: The effectiveness of exercise on executive functions and mental health
- ImPuls - pilot study: a strong mind through motivation and exercise
Short vita
Since 2020
Junior group leader of the research group "Exercise and Mental Health"
University of Tübingen,
Germany
2014 - 2020
Research Associate
Department of Clinical Psychology,
University of Tübingen,
Germany
2010 - 2013
Research Associate
Institute of Medical Psychology,
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen,
Germany
Selected publications
Journal articles
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Wolf, S., Seiffer, B., Zeibig, J.-M., . . . Ehring, T. (2024). A transdiagnostic group exercise intervention for mental health outpatients in Germany (ImPuls): results of a pragmatic, multisite, block-randomised, phase 3 controlled trial. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00069-5
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Zeibig, J.-M., Takano, K., Seiffer, B., Sudeck, G., Rösel, I., Hautzinger, M., & Wolf, S. (2023). The increase in vagally-mediated heart rate variability mediates treatment effects of exercise on global symptom severity across diagnostically heterogenous mental disorders: A secondary analysis of the ImPuls trial. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 25. doi: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2023.100537
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Zeibig, J.-M., Seiffer, B., Frei, A. K., Takano, K., Sudeck, G., Rösel, I., Hautzinger, M., & Wolf, S. (2023). Long-term efficacy of exercise across diagnostically heterogenous mental disorders and the mediating role of affect regulation skills. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 64. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102340
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Rosel, I., Bauer, L. L., Seiffer, B., Deinhart, C., Atrott, B., Sudeck, G., Hautzinger, M., & Wolf, S. (2022). The effect of exercise and affect regulation skills on mental health during the COVID-19 andemic: A cross-sectional survey. Psychiatry Research, 312, 114559. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114559
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Wolf, S., Seiffer, B., Zeibig, J.-M., Welkerling, J., Bauer, L. L., Frei, A. K., Studnitz, T., Rosenstiel, S., Fiedler, D. V., Helmhold, F., Ray, A., Herzog, E., Takano, K., Nakagawa, T., Kropp, S., Franke, S., Peters, S., El-Kurd, N., Zwanzleitner, L., Sundmacher, L., Ramos-Murguialday, A., Hautzinger, M., Sudeck, G., & Ehring, T. (2021). Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a Transdiagnostic group-based exercise intervention: study protocol for a pragmatic multi-site randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01468-z
- Zeibig, J.-M., Seiffer, B., Sudeck, G., Rösel, I., Hautzinger, M., & Wolf, S. (2021). Transdiagnostic Efficacy of a Group Exercise Intervention for Outpatients with Heterogenous Psychiatric Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. BMC Psychiatry. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03307-x
- Seiffer, B., Hautzinger, M., Ulrich, R., & Wolf, S. (2021). Efficacy of Regular Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Children with ADHD: a Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Attention Disorders. doi: 10.1177/10870547211017982
- Wolf, S., Seiffer, B., Zeibig, J.-M., Welkerling, J., Brokmeier, L., Atrott, B., . . . Schuch, F. B. (2021). Is Physical Activity Associated with Less Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Rapid Systematic Review. Sports Medicine. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01468-z
- Wolf, S., Brölz, E., Keune, P., Wesa, B., Hautzinger, M., Birbaumer, N, Strehl, U. (2015). Motor skill failure or flow-experience? Functional brain asymmetry and brain connectivity in elite and amateur table tennis players. Biological Psychology, 105, 95-105. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.01.007
- Wolf, S., Brölz, E. K., Scholz, D., Murguialday, A. R., Keune, P. M., Hautzinger, M., Birbaumer, N., Strehl, U. (2014). Winning the game: Brain processes in expert, young elite and amateur table tennis players. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8, 370. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00370
Further publications can be found here.
Books
- Wolf, S., Zeibig, J.-M., Hautzinger, M., & Sudeck, G. (2020). Psychische Gesundheit durch Bewegung. ImPuls: Ein sport- und bewegungstherapeutisches Programm für Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen. Weinheim: Verlagsgruppe Beltz.