Institut für Sportwissenschaft

Dr. Svenja Wachsmuth

Dr. Svenja Wachsmuth

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Institut für Sportwissenschaft
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svenja.wachsmuthspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
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Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Sport Coaching, z.B. Trainer:innen-Athlet:innen Beziehung, Kommunikations- und Führungsverhalten, trainingsmethodische Vermittlungsstrategien
  • Talententwicklung, z.B. sozialpsychologische Prozesse im Talentumfeld, sportpsychologische Talentdiagnostik, Karriereverläufe im Sport
  • Qualitative Forschung, z.B. inhaltsanalytische, thematische und narrative Methoden
  • Interventionsforschung, z.B. Projekte zur Trainer:innenentwicklung

Kurzvita

Seit 2020
Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin „Sport Psychology and Coaching“

Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Seit 2019
Honorartätigkeit im DBS/Bereich Sportpsychologie

z. B. Nachwuchskader Paralympisches Tischtennis

Seit 2018
Habilitandin im Arbeitsbereich „Sportpsychologie & Methodenlehre“

Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

2017
Promotion zum Thema „Interpersonal Conflict in Sport: From Theory to Practice“

Supervision: Prof. Sophia Jowett & Prof. Chris Harwood, SSEHS, Universität Loughborough, GB

2014
European Master of Sport and Exercise Psychology (M.Sc. Sport Psychology, M.Sc. Sport Diagnostics and Intervention)

Universität Jyväskylä, Finnland / Universität Leipzig

2012
Bachelor of Science, Psychologie

Universität Regensburg

Curriculum vitae

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Journalbeiträge

  • Wachsmuth, S., Hauser, L.-L., Gierens, F.C., Wolf, S.A., Hermann, H.-D., & Höner, O. (2025). Examining players’ perceived social support across organizational levels and its links to holistic talent development outcomes in German football youth academies. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 76, 102756, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102756
  • Davis, L., Wachsmuth, S., Jowett, S., Räisänen, P., Hajo, K., Nordberg, & Sommer, M. (2024). Exploring the Perceived Barriers of Effective Communication Within the Coach–Athlete Relationship: A Sample of Scandinavian Coaches and Athletes. International Sport Coaching Journal, https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2024-0006
  • John, J., Wachsmuth, S., & Thiel, A. (2024). A Qualitative Study on the Relation Between Health and Performance Throughout the Career Pathways of Elite Athletes, Musicians, and Mathematicians. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000370
  • Hauser, L.L., Höner, O., & Wachsmuth, S. (2024). The environmental influence on the development of elite youth athletes: A cross-sectional study within the German talent pathway. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102569
  • Bergmann, F., Wachsmuth, S., & Callary, B. (2023). International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) 14th Global Coach Conference. International Sport Coaching Journal, 10 (Supplement I). https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2023-0102   
  • Wachsmuth, S., Feichtinger, P., Bartley, J., & Höner, O. (2023). Psychological characteristics and future success: A prospective study examining youth soccer players at different stages within the German talent development pathway. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2023.2224868
  • Hauser, L.-L., O'Connor, D., Harwood, C. G., Höner, O., & Wachsmuth, S. (2022). Talent Development Environments within Sports: A Scoping Review examining Functional and Dysfunctional Environmental Features. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2022.2129423  
  • Wachsmuth, S., Raabe, J., Readdy, T., Dugandzic, D., & Höner, O. (2022). Evaluating a Multiplier Approach to Coach Education Within the German Football Association’s Talent Development Program: An Example of an Intervention Study Targeting Need-Supportive Coaching. International Sport Coaching Journal, 9(3), 305-318. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2021-0027   
  • Wachsmuth, S., Jowett, S., & Harwood, C. G. (2022). Third party interventions in coach-athlete conflict: Can sport psychology practitioners offer the necessary support? Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(1), 178-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2020.1723737  
  • Bergmann, F., Gray, R., Wachsmuth, S., & Höner, O. (2021). Perceptual-Motor and Perceptual-Cognitive Skill Acquisition in Soccer: A Systematic Review on the Influence of Practice Design and Coaching Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 5470. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.772201
  • Wachsmuth, S., Jowett, S., & Harwood, C. (2018). Managing interpersonal conflict in coach-athlete relationships. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, 7, 371-391. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000129
  • Wachsmuth, S., Jowett, S., & Harwood, C. (2018). On understanding the nature of interpersonal conflict between coaches and athletes. Journal of Sport Science, 36;1955-1962. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1428882
  • Wachsmuth, S., Jowett, S., & Harwood, C. (2017). Conflict among athletes and their coaches: What is the theory and research so far? International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 10, 84-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984X.2016.1184698

Buchkapitel und andere Beiträge

  • Harwood, C.G., Johnston, J., & Wachsmuth, S. (2024). Positive Youth Development and Talent Development: Embracing Dual Intentions in a Multi-layered Environment.  In N. Holt (Ed.) Positive Youth Development through Sport (3rd edition). Routledge.
  • Wachsmuth, S. & Dieffenbach, K. (2024). Coach-athlete communication and conflict. In L. Davis, S. Jowett and R. Keegan (Eds.) Social Psychology in Sport (2nd Edition). Human Kinetics.
  • Jowett, S. & Wachsmuth, S. (2020). Power in women artistic gymnastics’ coach-athlete relationships. In R. Kerr, N. Barker-Ruchti, C. Stewart and G. Kerr (Eds.) Women’s artistic gymnastics: socio-cultural perspectives. Routledge.
  • Wachsmuth, S., & Jowett, S. (2020). Conflict and communication in coach–-athlete relationships. In D. Hackfort & R. J. Schinke (Eds.) The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology: Volume 2: Applied and Practical Measures (chapter 14). Routledge: London.
  • Wachsmuth, S., Weise, M., Jowett, S., & Höner, O. (2021). Die Trainer-Athlet Beziehung: Grundstein zum Erfolg? Leistungssport, 1, 5-11.

Funktionen

  • Promotionsbetreuung
    • Fee Carolin Gierens
    • Lars-Luca Hauser
    • Fynn Bergmann
    • Marcel Bieschke
  • Selbstverwaltung und sonstige wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten:
    • Seit 10/2022 Mittelbauvertretung im Fakultätsrat
    • 2015 - 2021: Management Councils des European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology (ENYSSP)
  • Gutachtertätigkeiten u.a. für
    • Associate Editor Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology
    • Editorial Board Member Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
    • Advisory Board Member Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
    • Journals: Psychology of Sport and Exercise, International Journal for Sport and Exercise Psychology, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, International Journal of Exercise Science, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport