Head of the department for Sports Psychology

Academic training

05.2015 - 11.2022: Habilitation (Venia Legendi for Sport Science); topic of the cumulative habilitation: The physical self-concept in early to late childhood (4-12 years) and its significance for motor and healthy development - diagnostics, significance and theory development

04.2020 - 10.2021 Additional qualification certificate in higher education management

03.2011 - 04.2015 Doctoral studies in sports science (PhD); topic of the doctorate: The trustworthiness of the anti-doping work of sports associations (summa cum laude)

10.2008 - 02.2011 Master of Education Sport and Latin (3rd subject history) for grammar school and comprehensive school

10.2005 - 09.2008 Bachelor 2-subject Sport and Latin (BA of Arts)

Professional career

11.2017 - 07/2024 Study program coordinator B.Sc Human Movement in Sport and Exercise and M.Sc. Sports, Exercise and Human Performance at the Institute of Sport Science at WWU Münster (scientific MA in AB Sportpsychology, Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauß)

08.2015 - 10.2017 research assistant in the SKILLS sub-project in the BMBF-funded joint project CombaNet (growing up healthy)

12.2013 - 10.2017 Research assistant in the project 'University sports development at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences'

05.2011 - 10.2017 Research assistant in the sports psychology department of the WWU Münster in the third-party funded projects 'gkgk'/'hcsc' (Healthy children in healthy communities)

06.2012 - 04.2015 PhD within the DFG Research Training Group “Trust and Communication in a Digitalized World” (1712/1)

04.2011 - 09.2013 Research assistant at the Institute of Sports Science in the project 'Safety in Sports Studies'

Awards

2024 Jürgen Nitsch Prize for theory development in sport psychology by the German Society for Psychology (DGPS Division of Sport Psychology)

2024 asp Poster Prize - Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany, together with Edda van Meurs and Alexander Banning

2014 asp Poster Award 2nd place - Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany, together with Katharina Pöppel (asp)

Main areas of research:

•     Growing up healthy in childhood
•     Relationships between exercise, play and sport and psychosocial health in childhood
•     Sport-psychological conditioning factors for successful growing up in childhood
•     The physical self-concept in childhood and adolescence
•     Development and measurement of motor performance in childhood
•     Trust and trustworthiness in sport
•     Doping, doping prevention and anti-doping work

Memberships and activities in committees

Since 2022 Appointed member of the research association of the German Sports Youth in the DOSB (dsj)

Member of the NRW Children and Youth Sports Research Network since 2019

since 2017 Vice President for the area of “Health Enhancing Physical Activity” at the Willibald-Gebhardt-Institut e.V.

2025

Banning, A., Van Meurs, E., & Dreiskämper, D. (2025). COVID-19 affected elite track-and-field athletes’ Olympic preparation before Tokyo 2020 compared to Rio 2016. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 6044. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86883-2

Behlau, C., Dreiskaemper, D., & Strauss, B. (2025). Team dynamics in esports and traditional sports: Similarities and differences. Team Performance Management: An International Journal, 31(5–6), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-08-2024-0092

Behlau, C., & Dreiskämper, D. (2025). Do researchers have a shared cognition on team cognition in sports? Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 81, 102971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102971

Behlau, C., Pauly, H., Dreiskaemper, D., & Strauss, B. (2025). Are you thinking what I am thinking? A feasibility study of a virtual reality measurement for shared mental models in team sports. Team Performance Management: An International Journal, 31(3/4), 145–169. https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-06-2024-0064

Brinkmöller, B., Dreiskämper, D., Höner, O., & Strauss, B. (2025). The (dis-)connection between selection research in sports and business literature – a citation network analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1604108. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1604108

Burrmann, U., Dreiskämper, D., Göttlich, E., Henning, L., Süss, P. L., & Veltmaat, A. (2025). Partizipation und demokratische Handlungskompetenzen von Jugendlichen in Sportgruppen. sportunterricht, 74(1), 37–38.

Burrmann, U., Dreiskämper, D., & Henning, L. (2025). Jugend, Sport und Raumstruktur – zur Relevanz von Sport für Jugendliche in differenten Raumgefügen. In C. Grunert & K. Ludwig (Hrsg.), Jugend—Ländliche Räume—Peripherie(sierung) (Bd. 11, S. 227–255). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-44187-6_10

Dreiskämper, D., Burrmann, U., Kehne, M., Neuber, N., Rulofs, B., Süßenbach, J., Voigts, G., & Henning, L. (Hrsg.). (2025). Potenziale von Bewegung, Spiel und Sport für ein gesundes Aufwachsen in Deutschland: Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt „Move for Health“ (Bd. 35). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-47017-3

Halberschmidt, B., Leisterer-Härtig, S., Dreiskämper, D., & Lautenbach, U. F. (2025). Positionspapier der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie: Sportpsychologie im Sportunterricht und in Bewegungsangeboten im Setting Schule. Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2941-7597/a000057. https://doi.org/10.1026/2941-7597/a000057

Henning, L., Tietjens, M., & Dreiskämper, D. (2025). Geschlechterspezifisches physisches Selbstkonzept und Bezugsgruppeneffekte im Rahmen von Koedukation vs. Monoedukation. Zeitschrift für sportpädagogische Forschung, 13(1), 78–97. https://doi.org/10.5771/2196-5218-2025-1-78

Kohake, K., Henning, L., Dahl, S., Neuber, N., & Dreiskämper, D. (2025). Associations between physical activity and health-related factors in childhood and adolescence during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Journal of Sports Sciences, 43(15), 1499–1522. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2025.2508041

Neuber, N., Albert, K., Bartsch, F., Burrmann, U., Dreiskämper, D., Gerlach, E., Kalicki, B., Keller, K., Petry, K., & Ruflofs, B. (2025). Chancen der Demokratiestärkung im Kinder- und Jugendsport: Fragen an die Wissenschaft. Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport, 6(2), 136–145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43594-025-00165-3

2024

Barkoukis, V., Ourda, D., Bondarev, D., Andjelkovic, M., Bochaver, K., Brueckner, S., Dikic, N., Dreiskämper, D., Kaffe, S., Mallia, L., Veltmaat, A., Zelli, A., & Petróczi, A. (2024). From thoughts to action: Athletes’ perspectives on anti-doping legitimacy, and their behavioral support for anti-doping policies. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 37(4), 446–466. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2024.2437176

Brinkmöller, B., Dreiskämper, D., Höner, O., & Strauss, B. (2024). The role of motivation in selection processes—Comparing sports and business. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6, 1463910. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1463910

Burrmann, U., Dreiskämper, D., & Henning, L. (2024). Sport von Jugendlichen in der Freizeit vor dem Hintergrund gesellschaftlicher Trends. Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport, 5(2), 105–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43594-024-00132-4

Henning, L., Burrmann, U., Göttlich, E., & Dreiskämper, D. (2024). Prädiktoren von regelmäßiger sportlicher Aktivität, Sportvereinsmitgliedschaft und mentaler Gesundheit von Jugendlichen – Ergebnisse der für Deutschland repräsentativen Move For Health-Studie. Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport, 5(2), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43594-024-00133-3

Marckhoff, M., Dahl, S., Dreiskämper, D., Duensing-Knop, F., Große-Westermann, U., Henning, L., Kohake, K., Neuber, N., Niemann, H., Rölver, A., Salomon, S., Scherr, J., Tietjens, M., & Föcker, M. (2024). Jugendliche mit psychischen Erkrankungen im Sport – das Setting macht’s: Projektbericht zur interdisziplinären Pilotstudie SpoPsy4Health. Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport, 5(1), 44–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43594-024-00118-2

Petróczi, A., Dreiskämper, D., Barkoukis, V., Bondarev, D., Brueckner, S., De Maria, A., Elbe, A.-M., Heyes, A., Lazuras, L., Veltmaat, A., & Zelli, A. (2024). Context is everything: A realist response to the commentary on epistemic racism in anti-doping research by Ruwuya et al. 2024. Performance Enhancement & Health, 13(1), 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2024.100312

2023

Dreiskämper, D., & Naul, R. (2023). Modul Bewegung. In Munser-Kiefer, M., Carlsohn, A., & Göttlein, E. (Hrsg.), Gesundheitsförderung in der Grundschule (S. 113–145). Kohlhammer Verlag.

Henning, L., Tietjens, M., & Dreiskämper, D. (2023). The Meaning of School Grades and Self-Concept for General Self-Esteem in Secondary School Students: A Comparison Between the Physical Fitness and Verbal Domain Using the Internal/External Frame of Reference Model. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 30(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000375

Maïano, C., Thibault, I., Dreiskämper, D., Henning, L., Tietjens, M., & Aimé, A. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the French and German Versions of the Physical Self-Concept Questionnaire for Elementary School Children – Revised (PSCQ-C-R). Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 27(2), 181–194. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2022.2129971

Veltmaat, A., Dreiskämper, D., Brueckner, S., Bondarev, D., Heyes, A., Barkoukis, V., Elbe, A.-M., Lazuras, L., De Maria, A., Zelli, A., & Petróczi, A. (2023). Context matters: Athletes’ perception of dopers’ values, actions and vulnerabilities. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5, 1229679. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1229679

2022

Barkoukis, V., Mallia, L., Lazuras, L., Ourda, D., Agnello, S., Andjelkovic, M., Bochaver, K., Folkers, D., Bondarev, D., Dikic, N., Dreiskämper, D., Petróczi, A., Strauss, B., & Zelli, A. (2022). The role of comprehensive education in anti-doping policy legitimacy and support among clean athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 60, 102173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102173

Dreiskämper, D., Tietjens, M. & Schott, N. (2022). The physical self-concept across childhood: Measurement development and meaning for physical activity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 61, No. 102187. 

Ehlen, S., Henning, L., Rehaag, R., & Dreiskämper, D. (2022). Kindergesundheit in sozioökonomisch benachteiligten Stadtquartieren – eine Strukturgleichungsmodellierung. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, 18(4), 576–588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-022-00992-8

Henning, L., Dreiskämper, D. & Tietjens, M. (2022). The interplay of actual and perceived physical fitness in children: Effects on motivation and physical activity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 58, No. 102055. 

Henning, L., Dreiskämper, D., Pauly, H., Filz, S., & Tietjens, M. (2022). What Influences Children’s Physical Activity? Investigating the Effects of Physical Self-Concept, Physical Self-Guides, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 44(6), 393–408. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2021-0270

Henning, L., Tietjens, M., & Dreiskämper, D. (2022). The multidimensionality of the physical fitness self-concept: A recommendation to consider competence and affect components in childhood. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 11(1), 79–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000281

Maïano, C., Morin, A. J. S., April, J., Tietjens, M., St-Jean, C., Gagnon, C., Dreiskämper, D., & Aimé, A. (2022). Psychometric properties of the French version of the Pictorial Scale of Physical Self-Concept for Younger Children (P-PSC-C). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 54(4), 354–360. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000278

Tietjens, M., Dreiskämper, D., & Henning, L. (2022). Motorische Leistungsfähigkeit, Motorische Kompetenz, Selbstkonzept und physische Aktivität im Kindesalter. In Klatt, S., & Strauß, B. (Hrsg.), Kognition und Motorik. Sportpsychologische Grundlagen und Anwendungen im Sport (1. Aufl.) (S. 226–240). Hogrefe.

2021

Dreiskämper, D. (2021). Psychiatrische und neurologische Erkrankungen. In I. Menrath, C. Graf, U. Granacher, & S. Kriemler (Hrsg.), Pädiatrische Sportmedizin (S. 355–363). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61588-1_32

Ehlen, S., Henning, L., Rehaag, R., & Dreiskämper, D. (2021). Soziale Determinanten der Kenntnis und Inanspruchnahme kommunaler Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention für Kinder. Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport, 2(1), 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43594-021-00037-6

Leis, O., Raue, C., Dreiskämper, D., & Lautenbach, F. (2021). To be or not to be (e)sports? That is not the question! Why and how sport and exercise psychology could research esports. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 51(2), 241–247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-021-00715-9

Maïano, C., Morin, A. J. S., April, J., Tietjens, M., St-Jean, C., Gagnon, C., Dreiskämper, D., & Aimé, A. (2021). Psychometric Properties of a French Version of the Perceived Motor Competence in Childhood Questionnaire. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 128(3), 1002–1016. https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125211000862

Mentzel, S. V., Krenn, B., Dreiskaemper, D., & Strauss, B. (2021). The Impact of Wearing and Perceiving Colors on Hormonal, Physiological, and Psychological Parameters in Cycling. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 43(4), 298–309. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-0150

Naul, R., Schöckel, Y., & Dreiskämper, D. (2021). Evaluation des Projekts „Zukunftsinvestition: Entwicklung jungen Engagements im Sport (ZI:EL)“. In N. Neuber (Hrsg.), Kinder- und Jugendsportforschung in Deutschland – Bilanz und Perspektive (Bd. 26, S. 341–351). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30776-9_17

Pöppel, K., Dreiskämper, D., & Strauss, B. (2021). Breaking bad: How crisis communication, dissemination channel and prevalence influence the public perception of doping cases. Sport in Society, 24(7), 1156–1182. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1734563

Raue, C., Dreiskaemper, D., & Strauss, B. (2021). Do We Share the Same View? Validating the Shared Mental Models in Team Sports Questionnaire. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 128(2), 831–850. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031512521990335

Raue, C., Dreiskämper, D., Pauly, H., & Strauss, B. (2021). Team Trust in Sport Teams: Methodological Implications to Advance this Field. In B. Blöbaum (Hrsg.), Trust and Communication (S. 241–252). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72945-5_12

2020

Dreiskämper, D., Utesch, T., Henning, L., Ferrari, N., Graf, C., Tietjens, M., & Naul, R. (2020). Motorische Leistungsfähigkeit, physisches Selbstkonzept und deren reziproke Zusammenhänge mit dem Body-Mass-Index (BMI) vom Kindergarten bis zur Grundschule. Forum Kinder- und Jugendsport, 1(1), 40–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43594-020-00003-8

Raue, C., Dreiskämper, D., & Strauss, B. (2020). Do we agree on who is playing the ball? Developing a video-based measurement for Shared Mental Models in tennis doubles. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0242783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242783

Tietjens, M., & Dreiskämper, D. (2020). Selbstbezogenes Wissen im Kontext von Sport und physischer Aktivität: Das physische Selbstkonzept (PSK). In Munzert, J., Strauss, B., & Raab, M. (Hrsg.), Sportpsychologie - Ein Lehrbuch (S. 271–295). Hogrefe.

Tietjens, M., Barnett, L. M., Dreiskämper, D., Holfelder, B., Utesch, T. O., Lander, N., Hinkley, T., & Schott, N. (2020). Conceptualising and testing the relationship between actual and perceived motor performance: A cross-cultural comparison in children from Australia and Germany. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(17), 1984–1996. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1766169

Van Veen, C., Schott, N., Lander, N., Tietjens, M., Hinkley, T., Dreiskämper, D., Holfelder, B., Utesch, T., & Barnett, L. M. (2020). The Stability of Perceived Motor Competence of Primary School Children from Two Countries over One Year. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 24(1), 74–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2019.1675665