Overview
Availability
- Dr Vanessa Wergin is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Goethe-University Frankfurt
- Masters (Coursework), Goethe-University Frankfurt
- Doctor of Philosophy of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Technical University of Munich
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Exploring the relationship between burnout and mental health in elite athletes: the role of moderators
López de Subijana, Cristina, Wergin, Vivian Vanessa, Mallett, Clifford J. and Haslam, Alexander (2025). Exploring the relationship between burnout and mental health in elite athletes: the role of moderators. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/1612197x.2025.2479715
2025
Journal Article
Strengthening social skills: developing a social competence intervention for physical education using intervention mapping—protocol paper
Schüller, Iris, Wergin, V. Vanessa and Mess, Filip (2025). Strengthening social skills: developing a social competence intervention for physical education using intervention mapping—protocol paper. Frontiers in Psychology, 16 1484943. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1484943
2024
Journal Article
Experienced emotions, emotion regulation strategies, and regulation depletion in collective team collapse and performance recovery situations
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Wolf, Svenja A., Schwender, Julia T. and Mallett, Clifford J. (2024). Experienced emotions, emotion regulation strategies, and regulation depletion in collective team collapse and performance recovery situations. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2024.2413996
2024
Conference Publication
Struggling to do well: Development and maintenance of performance crises in professional soccer
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Jaitner, David, Boehlke, Nicola and Wolf, Svenja A. (2024). Struggling to do well: Development and maintenance of performance crises in professional soccer. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States, 5-8 June 2024. Champaign, IL, United States: Human Kinetics.
2024
Book Chapter
Engaging in creative behaviours and activities as a well-being and recovery approach
Richard, Veronique, Wergin, V. Vanessa and Cairney, John (2024). Engaging in creative behaviours and activities as a well-being and recovery approach. Fostering recovery and well-being in a healthy lifestyle: Psychological, somatic, and organizational prevention approaches. (pp. 92-102) edited by Michael Kellmann and Jürgen Beckmann. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003250654-8
2024
Book Chapter
Negative Team Performances Within a Competition
Wergin, V. Vanessa (2024). Negative Team Performances Within a Competition. Psychology of Crises in Sport. (pp. 75-89) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-69328-1_6
2023
Conference Publication
"Just pretend to be okay!" - Interpersonal emotion regulation in collective team collapse situations
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Schwender, Julia, Emmenlauer, Moritz, Mallett, Cliff and Wolf, Svenja A. (2023). "Just pretend to be okay!" - Interpersonal emotion regulation in collective team collapse situations. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1-3 June 2023. Champaign, IL, United States: Human Kinetics.
2023
Book Chapter
Fear and anxiety in elite sport
Ehrlenspiel, Felix, Wergin, V. Vanessa and Beckmann, Jürgen (2023). Fear and anxiety in elite sport. Routledge handbook of mental health in elite sport. (pp. 226-243) edited by Insa Nixdorf, Raphael Nixdorf, Jürgen Beckmann, Scott Martin and Tadhg Macintyre. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003099345-21
2022
Journal Article
Individual vs. team sport failure-similarities, differences, and current developments
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Mallett, Clifford J. and Beckmann, Juergen (2022). Individual vs. team sport failure-similarities, differences, and current developments. Frontiers in Psychology, 13 930025, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.930025
2021
Journal Article
A solution-focused approach to shared athlete leadership development using mixed methods
Maechel, Christopher, Loughead, Todd M., Wergin, V. Vanessa, Kossak, Tom and Beckmann, Jürgen (2021). A solution-focused approach to shared athlete leadership development using mixed methods. The Sport Psychologist, 36 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1123/tsp.2021-0075
2021
Journal Article
Preventing a loss of accuracy of the tennis serve under pressure
Beckmann, Jurgen, Fimpel, Lukas and Wergin, V. Vanessa (2021). Preventing a loss of accuracy of the tennis serve under pressure. PLoS One, 16 (July) e0255060, e0255060. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255060
2021
Journal Article
Skin diseases in elite athletes
Liebich, Christoph, Wegin, V. Vanessa, Marquart, Christine, Schubert, Irene, von Bruehl, Marie-Luise, Halle, Martin, Oberhoffer, Renate and Wolfarth, Bernd (2021). Skin diseases in elite athletes. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 42 (14), 1297-1304. doi: 10.1055/a-1446-9828
2021
Journal Article
Dermatoses in competitive athletes
Liebich, Christoph, Wergin, V. V., Schubert, I., Von Bruehl, M. L., Marquart, C., Halle, M., Oberhoffer, R. and Wolfarth, B. (2021). Dermatoses in competitive athletes. Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin, 72 (1), 5-12. doi: 10.5960/dzsm.2020.466
2021
Book Chapter
Choking under pressure
Mesagno, Christopher, Ehrlenspiel, Felix, Wergin, V. Vanessa and Gröpel, Peter (2021). Choking under pressure. Sport, exercise and performance psychology: research directions to advance the field. (pp. 31-45) edited by Edson Filho and Itay Basevitch. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197512494.003.0003
2021
Journal Article
A field study investigating running distance and affect of field hockey players in collective team collapse situations
Vanessa Wergin, V., Zimanyi, Zsuzsanna and Beckmann, Jürgen (2021). A field study investigating running distance and affect of field hockey players in collective team collapse situations. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 19 (4), 584-597. doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2020.1817123
2020
Journal Article
Investigating cumulative effects of preperformance routine interventions in beach volleyball serving
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Beckmann, Jürgen, Gröpel, Peter and Mesagno, Christopher (2020). Investigating cumulative effects of preperformance routine interventions in beach volleyball serving. PloS One, 15 (1) e0228012, e0228012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228012
2019
Journal Article
Primed to perform: comparing different pre-performance routine interventions to improve accuracy in closed, self-paced motor tasks
Mesagno, Christopher, Beckmann, Jürgen, Wergin, V. Vanessa and Gröpel, Peter (2019). Primed to perform: comparing different pre-performance routine interventions to improve accuracy in closed, self-paced motor tasks. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 43, 73-81. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.01.001
2019
Journal Article
When you watch your team fall apart - coaches' and sport psychologists' perceptions on causes of collective sport team collapse
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Mallett, Clifford J., Mesagno, Christopher, Zimanyi, Zsuzsanna and Beckmann, Juergen (2019). When you watch your team fall apart - coaches' and sport psychologists' perceptions on causes of collective sport team collapse. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (JUN) 331, 1331. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01331
2018
Book Chapter
Volitionale Aspekte sportlichen Handelns
Wergin, V. Vanessa and Beckmann, Jürgen (2018). Volitionale Aspekte sportlichen Handelns. Sport in Kultur und Gesellschaft. (pp. 1-13) Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-53385-7_40-1
2018
Journal Article
When suddenly nothing works anymore within a team - causes of collective sport team collapse
Wergin, V. Vanessa, Zimanyi, Zsuzsanna, Mesagno, Christopher and Beckmann, Juergen (2018). When suddenly nothing works anymore within a team - causes of collective sport team collapse. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (NOV) 2115, 2115. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02115
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Mental health of athletes in subjectively judged sports such as dance, gymnastics, and figure skating
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Cliff Mallett
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