Prof. Dr. Chris Englert

Leiter des Arbeitsbereichs Sportpsychologie

Telefon: +49 69 798 245 95
Telefax: +49 69 798 245 39
E-mail: englert@sport.uni-frankfurt.de

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Platzwartgebäude Raum 15-16

Institut für Sportwissenschaften
Arbeitsbereich Sportpsychologie

Ginnheimer Landstraße 39

60487 Frankfurt am Main

  • Selbstregulation
  • Exekutive Funktionen
  • Intentions-Verhaltenslücke
  • Choking under Pressure
  • Mentale Ermüdung

  2025

Audiffren, M., Andrè, N., & Englert, C. (2025). Brain endurance training as a strategy for reducing mental fatigue. Frontiers in Psychology, 16:1616171. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1616171

Dziuba, A., Ennigkeit, F., Gerber, M., Mühlenhoff, S., & Englert, C. (2025). The effect of stress, mental toughness, and their interaction on athletic and cognitive performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 80, 102938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102938

Dziuba, A., Ennigkeit, F., Costadura, C., Zargus, T., Gerber, M., & Englert, C. (2025). Validation of the German version of the very short mental toughness questionnaire (VS-MTQ -G). Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1026/2941-7597/a000044

Englert, C. (2025). Self-Control – A critical discussion of a key concept in sport and exercise psychology. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 80, 102878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102878.

Jekauc, D., Strobach, T., Pfeffer, I., & Englert, C. (2025). Reconceptualizing self-regulation in health behaviors: A dynamic perspective on the PAAM model 2.0. Performance Enhancement and Health. 

Weiler, H., Ennigkeit, F., Spielmann, J., & Englert, C. (2025). Increasing ecological validity in mental fatigue research – a Footbonaut study. Frontiers in Psychology, 16: 1586944.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1586944

Weiler, H., Ennigkeit, F., Altmann, S., Steindorf, L., Spielmann, J., & Englert, C. (2025). Investigating the isolated effects of a soccer-specific mental fatigue manipulation on different task types.  Frontiers in Psychology, 16: 1655221. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1655221

Weiler, H., Russell, S., Spielmann, J., & Englert, C. (2025). Mental fatigue: Is it real? – Perceptions from semi-structured interviews with athletes, coaches, and sports psychologists. Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32, 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1026/2941-7597/a000033

Ljubic, P., Broda, B., Windmann, S., & Englert, C. (2025). Measuring habit strength in physical activity: Re-evaluation of the German Self-Report Habit Index and validation of the German Self-Report Behavioural Automaticity Index. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-025-01050-z

Samuel, R. D., Englert, C., Basevitch, I., & Galily, Y. (2025). Football referees issue more yellow cards following VAR interventions – Mental, tactical, and performance considerations. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 20, 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541241289

  2024

Englert, C., Pfeffer, I., Staufenbiel, K., & Vater, C. (Hrsg.) (2024). Sportpsychologie – Grundlagen und Trends. UTB Verlag.

Jekauc, D., Gürdere, C., Englert, C., Strobach, T., Bottesi, G., Bray, S., Brown, D., Fleig, L., Ghisi, M., Graham, J., Martinasek, M., Tamulevicius, N., & Pfeffer, I. (2024). The contribution and interplay of implicit and explicit processes on physical activity behavior: Empirical testing of the physical activity adoption and maintenance model (PAAM). BMC Public Health, 24: 1239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18589-5

Samuel, R. D., Englert, C., Basevitch, I., & Galily, Y. (2024). The effects of VAR interventions on self-rated Mental fatigue and self-rated performance of football referees. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2024.2340195

Bieleke, M., Keller, L., & Englert, C., (2024). Anstrengung, Langeweile, Krisen: Neue Perspektiven und Ansätze zur Selbstkontrolle im Sport. In C. Englert, I. Pfeffer, K. Staufenbiel, & C. Vater (Hrsg.), Sportpsychologie – Grundlagen und Trends (S. 65-82). UTB Verlag.

Englert, C., Pfeffer, I., Staufenbiel, K., & Vater, C. (2024), Einführung in die Sportpsychologie. In C. Englert, I. Pfeffer, K. Staufenbiel, & C. Vater (Hrsg.), Sportpsychologie – Grundlagen und Trends (S. 13-26). UTB Verlag.

  2023

Englert, C., Rhodes, R., Rebar, A., & Pfeffer, I. (Eds.) (2023). New Developments in the Intention-Behavior Gap for Physical Activity – Recent Trends, Controversies, and a Critical Outlook [Special issue]. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-83251-700-0.

Englert, C. & Klatt, S. (Hrsg.) (2023). Open Science in der deutschsprachigen Sportpsychologie [Themenheft]. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 30, 143-186

Ennigkeit, F., Englert, C., & Schweizer, G. (2023). Open Science in der deutschsprachigen Sportpsychologie: Eine empirische Analyse aktueller Forschungspraktiken. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 30, 146-155.  https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a00040.

Fritsch, Seiler, K., Wagner, M., Englert, C., & Jekauc, D. (2023). Can you tell who scores? Can you tell who scores? An assessment of the recognition of affective states based on the non-verbal behavior of amateur tennis players in competitive matches. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 45, 138-147. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2022-0182

Gunn, C., Englert, C., Ennigkeit, F., & Taylor, I. (2023). The Effect of Immediacy of Goal Feedback on Persistence in a Physical Task. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 45, 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2022-0038

Englert, C., Taylor, I., & Bertrams, A. (2023). Volition in sport and exercise. In J. Schüler, M. Wegner, & H. Plessner (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Psychology (p. 223-243). Springer.


   2022

Ehmann, P., Beavan, A., Spielmann, J., Mayer, J., Altmann, S.  Ruf, L., Rohrmann, S., Irmer, J. P., & Englert, C. (2022). Perceptual-cognitive performance of youth soccer players in a 360°-environment - an investigation of the relationship with soccer-specific performance and the effects of systematic training. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, 102220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102220

Pollak, K., Boecker, L., Englert, C., & Loschelder, D. D. (2022). How much do severely injured athletes experience sport injury-related growth? Contrasting psychological, situational, and demographic predictors. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2021-0282

Timme, S., Wolff, W., Englert, C., & Brand, R. (2022). Tracking self-control – Task performance and pupil size in a Go/No-Go inhibition task. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:915016. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.915016

Wolff, W., Bieleke, M., Englert, C., Bertrams, A., Schüler, J., & Martarelli, C. S. (2022). A single item measure of self-control – Validation and location in a nomological network of self-control, boredom, and if-then planning. Social Psychological Bulletin, 17, e7453. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.7453

Ehmann, P., Beavan, A., Spielmann, J., Mayer, J., Altmann, S.  Ruf, L., Rohrmann, S., Irmer, J. P., & Englert, C. (2022). Perceptual-cognitive performance of youth soccer players in a 360°-environment – Differences between age groups and performance levels. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 59, 102120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102120

Bieleke, M., Wolff, W., Englert, C., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2021). If-then planning in sports: A scoping review. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 28, 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000336

Ehmann, P., Beavan, A., Spielmann, J., Ruf, L., Mayer, J., Rohrmann, S., Nuß, C., & Englert, C. (2021). 360°-multiple object tracking in team sport athletes: reliability and relationship to visuospatial cognitive functions. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 55, 101952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101952 (IF: 2.710)

Englert, C., Dziuba, A., Giboin, L. S., & Wolff, W. (2021). Elites don't deplete – no effect of prior mental exertion on subsequent shooting performance in elite shooters. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2241. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668108 (IF: 2.067)

Englert, C., & Bertrams, A. (2021). Again, no evidence for or against the existence of ego depletion: Opinion on “A multi-site preregistered paradigmatic test of the ego depletion effect". Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15:658890. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.658890 (IF: 2.673)

Englert, C., Dziuba, A., & Schweizer, G. (2021). Testing the effects of a preceding self-control task on decision making in soccer refereeing. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15:638652. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.638652 (IF: 3.707)

Wolff, W., & Englert, C. (2021). On the Past, Present and Future of Volition Research in Sports. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 28, 81-83.https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000339

Wolff, W., Sieber, V., Bieleke, M., & Englert, C. (2021). Task duration and task order do not matter: No effect on self-control performance. Psychological Research, 85, 397-407. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ub4p5 (IF: 2.855)

   2021

Englert, C., & Taylor, I. (Eds.) (2021). Motivation and self-regulation in sport and exercise. Routledge Publishing.

Englert, C. & Wolff, W. (Hrsg.) (2021). Volition im Sport [Themenheft]. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 28, 81-126.

Englert, C. (2021). The strength model of self-control. In C. Englert & I. Taylor (Eds.), Motivation and self-regulation in sport and exercise. Routledge.

Englert, C., Pageaux, B., & Wolff, W. (2021). Self-control in sports. In Z. Zenko & L. Jones (Eds.), Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook (pp. 509–529). Society for the Transparency, Openess, and Replication in Kinesiology. https://doi.org/10.51224/B1022

Englert, C., & Taylor, I. (2021). Introduction to motivation and self-regulation in sport and exercise. In C. Englert & I. Taylor (Eds.), Motivation and self-regulation in sport and exercise. Routledge.

Taylor, I., & Englert, C. (2021). Summary, common themes, and future directions. In C. Englert & I. Taylor (Eds.), Motivation and self-regulation in sport and exercise. Routledge.

  2020

Englert, C., Graham, J., & Bray, S. (Eds.) (2020). Self-control in sports and exercise psychology [Special issue]. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9(2).

Balk, Y., & Englert, C. (2020). Recovery self-regulation in sport: Theory, research, and practice. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 15, 273-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747954119897528 (IF: 1.253)

Bertrams, A., Dyllick-Brenzinger, T., Krispenz, A., & Englert, C. (2020). German adaptation of the Subjective Vitality Scales (SVS-G). Open Psychology, 2, 57-75. https://doi.org/10.1515/psych-2020-0005

Englert, C., Dziuba, A., Wolff, W., & Giboin, L.S. (2020). An investigation of the effects of self-reported self-control strength on shooting performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 52, 101839. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101839 (IF: 2.710)

Englert, C., Graham, J., & Bray, S. (2020). Self-control in sports and exercise psychology [Editorial]. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9, 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000205(IF: 1.574)

Englert, C., & Schweizer, G. (2020). “Are you telling the truth?" – Testing individuals' ability to differentiate between truth and deceit in soccer. Frontiers in Psychology: Movement Science and Sport Psychology, 11:1082.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01082 (IF: 2.129)

Englert, C., & Seiler, R. (2020). Anxiety and volleyball performance in a real testing situation: Gender differences in competitive environments. Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 40, 735-749. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2019.1706723 (IF: 1.254)

Pfeffer, I., Englert, C., & Müller-Alcazar, A. (2020). Perceived stress and trait self-control interact with the intention-behavior gap in physical activity behavior. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9, 244-260. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000189 (IF: 1.574)

Samuel, R. D., Gal, S., Matzkin, G., & Englert C. (2020). The “10 Mentality:" A longitudinal case study of self-control strength in two competitive recurve archers. Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4, 142-151. https://doi.org/10.1123/cssep.2020-0021

Schmidt, M., Mavilidi, M. F., Singh, A., & Englert, C. (2020). Combining physical and cognitive training to improve Kindergarten children's executive functions: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 63, 101908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2020.101908 (IF: 2.863)

Stocker, E., Seiler, R., Schmid, J., & Englert, C. (2020). Hold your strength! Motivation, attention, and emotion as potential psychological mediators between cognitive and physical self-control. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9, 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000173 (IF: 1.574)

Strobach, T., Englert, C., Jekauc, D., & Pfeffer, I. (2020). Predicting adoption and maintenance of physical activity in the context of dual-process theories. Performance Enhancement and Health, 8, 100162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2020.100162 (IF: 1.420)

  •  09/2021 – heute Professor für Sportpsychologie (W2), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 06/2021 Ruf auf die W2-Professur für Sportpsychologie an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Erster Listenplatz; angenommen)
  • 05/2021 – 08/2021 Professor für Sportpsychologie (W2), TU Dortmund
  • 02/2021 Ruf auf die W2-Professur für Sportpsychologie an der Technischen Universität Dortmund (Erster Listenplatz; angenommen)
  • 12/2020 Zweiter Listenplatz für die Besetzung der W3-Professur für Sportpsychologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  • 08/2020 – 04/2021 Akademischer Mitarbeiter, Arbeitsbereich Psychologie, Universität Bern
  • 10/2018 – 07/2020 Vertretung der Professur für Sportpsychologie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 06/2016 Habilitation im Fach Psychologie durch die Philosophisch-humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Bern
  • 02/2015 – 09/2018 Akademischer Mitarbeiter, Arbeitsbereich Psychologie, Universität Bern
  • 02/2013 – 01/2015 Akademischer Mitarbeiter, Arbeitsbereich Sportpsychologie, Universität Heidelberg
  • 11/2012 Verleihung des Doktorgrades der Sozialwissenschaften durch die Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Mannheim
  • 07/2009 – 01/2013 Akademischer Mitarbeiter, Arbeitsbereich Psychologie, Universität Mannheim
  • 06/2009 Diplom in Psychologie, Universität Mannheim
  •  Ab 2026 Guest Editor des Special Issue „Affective processes in sport and exercise psychology“,Performance Enhancement and Health
  • Ab 2026 Guest Editor des Special Issue „Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Sportwissenschaft“, German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
  • 10/2025 – heute Associate Editor Scientific Reports
  • 07/2024 – heute Associate Editor German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
  • 2024 – 2027 Mitherausgeber des „German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research“ der Deutschen Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft (dvs)
  • 2023 – heute Mitglied des Prüfungsausschusses des Instituts für Sportwissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  •  2023 – heute Mitglied des Promotionsauschusses des Instituts für Sportwissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2023 – heute Mitglied der Auswahlkommission für die Vergabe des Deutschlandstipendiums der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2023 – 2025 Mitglied des Fachbereichsrats des Fachbereichs 05 (Psychologie und Sportwissenschaften) der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2023 Guest Editor des Special Issue „Open Science in der deutschsprachigen Sportpsychologie“, Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
  • 2022 – heute  Sprecher der Goethe Research Academy For Early Career Researchers (GRADE Center Sports Sciences), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 08/2022 – 08/2024 Associate Editor Performance Enhancement and Health
  • 2021 – heute Modulkoordinator im Bachelor Sportwissenschaften für die Module BA-2 Körper und Psyche, BA-7 Wissenschaftstheoretische und wissenschaftspraktische Grundlagen (PO 2021), Jann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2021 – heute Modulkoordinator im Master Sportwissenschaften mit bewegungswissenschaftlich-sportmedizinischem Schwerpunkt für das Modul Msc-5 Sportpsychologie (PO 2021), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2021 – heute Modulkoordinator im Master Sozialwissenschaften des Sports für das Modul MA-5 Forschungsprojekt (PO 2021), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2021 – heute Modulkoordinator im Lehramt (L1, L2, L3, L5) für das Modul LA-2 Fachwissenschaftliche Grundlagen (PO 2021), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
  • 2021 Guest Editor des Special Issue „New Developments in the Intention-Behavior Gap for Physical Activity – Recent Trends, Controversies, and a Critical Outlook", Frontiers in Psychology
  • 2020 Guest Editor des Special Issue „Volition im Sport“, Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
  • 2019 Guest Editor des Special Issue “Self-Control in Sport and Exercise Psychology", Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
  • 06/2019 – heute Editorial Board Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 
  • 08/2018 – heute Editorial Board Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • 01/2017 – heute Editorial Board Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
  • 2016 – heute Mitglied des Scientific Board für die Vergabe des Karl-Feige-Preises für die beste sportpsychologische Dissertation der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp)
  • 12/2016 – 12/2024 Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
  • 01/2015 – heute Editorial Board Frontiers in Movement Science and Sport Psychology

BEGUTACHTUNG VON FORSCHUNGSANTRÄGEN

  •  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
  • Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

AD HOC REVIEWER

Aggressive Behavior; Annals of Behavioral Medicine; Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Applied Cognitive Psychology; Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being; Behavior Research Methods; Cognition and Emotion; Current Issues in Sport Science; Current Psychology; Educational Psychology; Educational Psychology Review; European Journal of Social Psychology; European Journal of Sport Science; Frontiers in Psychology: Movement Science and Sport Psychology; Frontiers in Psychology: Performance Science; Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology; German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research; Health Psychology Review; Heliyon; International Journal of Psychology; International Journal of Sport Psychology; International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology; International Journal of Stress Management; International Review of Social Psychology; International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology; Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities; Journal of Applied Sport Psychology; Journal of Economic Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Individual Differences; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport; Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology; Journal of Sports Sciences; Motivation and Emotion; Motivation Science; Perceptual and Motor Skills; Performance Enhancement and Health; Personality and Individual Differences; PLOS ONE; Psychological Reports; Psychological Research; Psychology of Sport and Exercise; Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport; Scientific Reports; Self and Identity; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports; Social Psychology; Social Psychology of Education; Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology; Sports Medicine; The Spanish Journal of Psychology; Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie