Teaching and research areas

Sport Psychology

How and to what extent are subjective feelings affected by sport? How does being active affect social behavior? How can I optimize my sleep and recovery? The department of sport psychology looks at competitive and health sports from a psychological perspective.

Sport psychology is concerned with the experience and behavior in sports. Our focus in research and application is on optimising recovery strategies and developing recovery management in relation to training and other non-sport related stress.

– Prof. Dr. Michael Kellmann, Head of sport psychology

From science

Research in sport psychology

How do competitive athletes regenerate best? How do they optimise their sleep? How do you develop reliable and meaningful questionnaire procedures? These are questions of sports psychology research.

Out of the lecture hall

Education in sport psychology

Mental health and resilience are essential requirements for maximum physical performance. Education in the field of sport psychology examines this connection.

This is us

Sport psychology staff

Sport psychology at RUB has many faces. On these pages we introduce ourselves with our tasks and main areas of work.

Counselling, diagnostics, development, support

Centre for Sport Psychology

The offers of the Centre for Sport Psychology aim to optimise performance-relevant psychological skills and abilities.

Links around sport psychology

Working Group for Sport Psychology
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp) is the representation of sport psychologists in the Federal Republic of Germany in the university as well as in the non-university sector.
Federal Institute of Sport Science - web portal sport psychology
Here you can find:
- an information portal on sport psychology for elite sports
- a contact portal for fast and direct research of serious and qualified sport psychologists
- ein diagnostic portal for downloading sports-specific sport psychological procedures for elite sports
Association for Applied Sport Psychology
The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) promotes the ethical practice, science, and advocacy of sport and exercise psychology.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin
European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC)
The European Federation of Sport Psychology is the association of European sport psychologists.
International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP)
The International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP) is an organization devoted to promoting research, practice, and development in the discipline of sport psychology throughout the world.
Division 47 of the American Psychological Association
Division 47 - Exercise and Sport Psychology brings together psychologists, as well as exercise and sport scientists, interested in research, teaching, and service in this area.

Publications of sport psychology

from 2017 to 2021

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