Institut für Sportwissenschaft

Dr. Svenja Wachsmuth

Dr. Svenja Wachsmuth

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Institut für Sportwissenschaft
Wilhelmstraße 124,
1. Stock, Raum 101
  07071 29-72656
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 2026
Sportpsychologin Abteilung Trainer*innen-Entwicklung

Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)

Seit 2020
Nachwuchsgruppenleiterin „Sport Psychology and Coaching“

Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Seit 2019
Sportpsychologische Betreuung des Nachwuchskaders Paralympisches Tischtennis

Honorartätigkeit im Deutschen Behindertensportverband (DBS)

Seit 2018
Habilitandin im Arbeitsbereich „Sportpsychologie & Methodenlehre“

Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

2018
Promotion „Interpersonal Conflict in Coach-Athlete Relationships: From Theory to Practice“

Supervision: Prof. Sophia Jowett und Prof. Chris Harwood; Loughborough University (GB)

2014
European Master of Sport and Exercise Psychology

M.Sc. Sport Psychology, Universität Jyväskylä (Finnland) 
M.Sc. Sport Diagnostics and Intervention - Sport Psychology, Universität Leipzig

2012
Bachelor of Science, Psychologie

Universität Regensburg

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Journalbeiträge

  • Davis, L., Wachsmuth, S., Jowett, S., Räisänen, P., Hajo, K., Nordberg, & Sommer, M. (2026). Exploring the Perceived Barriers of Effective Communication Within the Coach–Athlete Relationship: A Sample of Scandinavian Coaches and Athletes. International Sport Coaching Journal, 13(1), 94-107. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2024-0006
  • Bergmann, F., Wachsmuth, S., Metke, C., O’Connor, D., Dugandzic, D. & Höner, O. (2025). Fostering learning-supportive coaching in a nationwide talent development program: Mixed-methods evaluation of a research-informed soccer coach education initiative. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, aop. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2025.2541637
  • Hauser, L. L., Höner, O., O’Connor, D., & Wachsmuth, S. (2025). Exploring the interplay of functional and dysfunctional environmental features for holistic development: A case study in a German Olympic sport. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, aop. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2025.2576171
  • John, J., Wachsmuth, S., & Thiel, A. (2025). 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, 14(2), 318-334. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000370
  • 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
  • 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, 102569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102569
  • Jowett, S., Wachsmuth, S., Boardley, I.D., & Balduck, A.L. (2024). The role of emotional intelligence and quality relationships in athletes’ and coaches’ levels of satisfaction: A multi-study analysis. Sports Coaching Review, aop. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2024.2359774
  • Wachsmuth, S., Feichtinger, P., Bartley, J., & Höner, O. (2024). 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, 36(2), 276-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2023.2224868
  • Hauser, L.-L., Höner, O., O’Connor, D., Harwood, C. G., & Wachsmuth, S. (2024). Talent development environments within sports: A scoping review examining functional and dysfunctional environmental features. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 17, 1105-1131. 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

  • Selbstverwaltung und sonstige wissenschaftliche Tätigkeiten:
    • 2022-2025: Mittelbauvertretung im Fakultätsrat
    • 2015 - 2021: Management Council des European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology (ENYSSP)
  • Gutachtertätigkeiten u.a. für
    • 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