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Prof. Dr. Chris EnglertHead of Sport and Exercise Psychology Unit
Administration office: Gabriele Jablonski Department of Sports Sciences Office hours: During the non-lecture period upon agreement via e-mail. E-Mail: englert@sport.uni-frankfurt.de |
Committee Work and Functions
- Speaker of the GRADE Center Sports Sciences
- Member of the Faculty Council of Faculty 05
- Member of the Examination committee of the Department of Sports Sciences
- Member of the PhD committee of the Department of Sports Sciences
Main Areas of Research
- Self-Regulation
- Executive Functions
- Intention-Behavior Gap
- Choking under Pressure
Editorial Board Memberships and Guest Editorships
- Since 06/2021: Performance Enhancement and Health
- Since 06/2019: Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
- Since 08/2018: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
- Since 01/2017: Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
- Since 12/2016: Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
- 2021: Guest Editor of the Special Issue „New Developments in the Intention-Behavior Gap for Physical Activity – Recent Trends, Controversies, and a Critical Outlook”, Frontiers in Psychology
- 2021: Guest Editor of the Special Issue „Volition im Sport“, Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
- 2019: Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Self-Control in Sport and Exercise Psychology”, Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology
Reviewer for Scientific Journals
- 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
Reviewer for Research Funding Institutions
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Memberships in Scientific Associations
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Fachgruppe Sportpsychologie
- North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activitiy (NASPSPA)
Monographs and Editorships
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. |
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., Graham, J., & Bray, S. (Eds.) (2020). Self-control in sports and exercise psychology [Special issue]. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9(2). |
Selected Publications in peer-reviewed Journals (2016-2023)
Englert, C., & Klatt, S. (2023). Editorial: Open Science in der deutschsprachigen Sportpsychologie. Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30, 143-145. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000407 |
Ennigkeit, F., Englert, C., & Schweizer, G. (2023). Open Science in der deutschsprachigen Sportpsychologie: Eine empirische Analyse aktueller Forschungspraktiken. Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, 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? 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 |
Russell, S., Weiler, H., Tofari, P., Halson, S., Spielmann, J., & Englert, C. (2023). Mental fatigue in differing occupational domains. Performance Enhancement and Health, 11, 100264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2023.100264 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Bertrams, A., & Englert, C. (2019). Creative flexibility performance is unrelated to anxiety, self-control strength, and their interaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1999. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01999 |
Englert, C. (2019). The self-regulation of human performance: A critical discussion and future directions for self-control research. Performance Enhancement and Health, 6, 156-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2019.04.001 |
Englert, C., Koroma, D., Bertrams, A., & Martarelli, C. (2019). Testing the validity of the attention control video: An eye-tracking approach. PLOS ONE, 14(1):e0211181. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211181 |
Finne, E., Englert, C., & Jekauc, D. (2019). On the importance of self-control strength for regular physical activity. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 43, 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.02.007 |
Furley, P., Kohlhaas, S., Englert, C., Nieuwenhuys, A., & Bertrams, A. (2019). The expression of ego-depletion: Thin slices of nonverbal behavior as cues to momentary self-control capacity. Social Psychology, 50, 305-321. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000370 |
Stocker, E., Englert, C., & Seiler, R. (2019). Self-control strength and mindfulness and in physical exercise performance: Does a short mindfulness induction compensate for the detrimental ego depletion effect? Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 31, 324-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2018.1471754 |
Englert, C. (2018). Self-control in sport and exercise settings. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36: sup1, 26. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1521633 |
Englert, C., Bechler, A., Singh, S., & Bertrams, A. (2018). Testing the effectiveness of a short-term stress prevention program in primary school students. Health Psychology Bulletin, 2(1), 1. https://doi.org/ |
Englert, C., Havik, L., Zhang, Q., & Oudejans, R. R. D. (2018). Can you go the extra mile? The effect of ego depletion on endurance performance. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 49, 505-520. https://doi.org/ 10.7352/IJSP.2018.49.505 |
Samuel, R. D., Englert, C., Zhang, Q., & Basevitch, I. (2018). Hi ref, are you in control? Ego depletion, self-control, and performance in soccer referees. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 38, 167-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.06.009 |
Stocker, E., Englert, C. & Seiler, R. (2018). Selbstkontrolle im Sport und die Bedeutsamkeit von achtsamkeitsbasierten Trainings. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 25, 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000237 |
Wolff, W., Baumann, L., & Englert, C. (2018). Self-reports from behind the scenes: Questionable research practices and rates of replication in ego depletion research. PLOS ONE, 13(6):e0199554. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199554 |
Jegher, L. C., Bertrams, A. & Englert, C. (2017). Die selbstberichtete Aggressivität von Thaiboxern, Fußballern und Tennisspielern. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24, 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000201 |
Englert, C., & Bertrams, A. (2017). Ego depletion negatively affects knowledge retrieval in secondary school students. Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 37, 1057-1066. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2017.1313963 |
Englert, C., Zavery, A., & Bertrams, A. (2017). Too exhausted to perform at the highest level? On the importance of self-control strength in educational settings. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1290. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01290 |
Englert, C. (2017). Ego depletion in sports: Highlighting the importance of self-control strength for high-level sport performance. Current Opinion in Psychology, 16, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.02.028 |
Bertrams, A., Baumeister, R. F., & Englert, C. (2016). Higher self-control capacity predicts lower anxiety-impaired cognition during math examinations. Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 485. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00485 |
Englert, C. (2016). The strength model of self-control in sport and exercise psychology. Frontiers in Psychology: Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7: 314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.06.001 |
Englert, C., & Bertrams, A. (2016). Worry activation impairs intelligence test performance only under ego depletion. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 75, 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000179 |
Englert, C., & Bertrams, A. (2016). Active relaxation counteracts the effects of ego depletion on performance under evaluative pressure in a state of ego depletion. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 46, 110-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-015-0383-y |
Englert, C., & Rummel, J. (2016). I want to keep on exercising but I don’t: The negative impact of momentary lack of self-control on exercise adherence. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26, 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.06.001 |
Wolff, W., Schindler, S., Englert, C., Brand, R., & Kissler, J. M. (2016). Uninstructed BIAT faking when ego depleted or in normal state: Differential effect on brain and behavior. BMC Neuroscience, 17: 1, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12868-016-0249-8 |
Selected Book Chapters
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. |
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. |
Englert, C., Taylor, I., & Bertrams, A. (2020). Volition in sport and exercise. In J. Schüler, M. Wegner, & H. Plessner (Eds.), Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology. Springer. |
Englert, C., & Bertrams, A. (2019). Volition im Sport. In J. Schüler, M. Wegner, & H. Plessner (Hrsg.), Lehrbuch Sportpsychologie – Theoretische Grundlagen und Anwendung (S. 211-232). Springer. |
Bertrams, A., & Englert, C. (2018). Ego depletion moderates the effect of stereotype threat on intelligence test performance in undergraduates with nonacademic family background. In G. Hagenauer & T. Hascher (Hrsg.), Emotionen und Emotionsregulation in Schule und Hochschule (S. 43-55). Waxmann. |