Jan-Peters Janssen

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Jan-Peters Janssen (born July 12, 1937 in Templin ; † November 17, 2017 ) was a German sports psychologist.

career

Janssen was born in the Uckermark and lived as a child and adolescent in Berlin , Denmark and Westphalia . Between 1959 and 1964 he studied psychology , which he completed at the University of Tübingen . There he completed his doctorate in 1968 and his habilitation in 1975.

Between 1976 and 1980 he held a professorship for sport psychology at the institute for sport science at the Ruhr University Bochum , from 1980 to 2002 Janssen was professor at the chair for sport psychology at the institute for sport and sport science at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel .

From 1979 to 1985 Janssen was a board member of the “Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany”. His book “Fundamentals of Sports Psychology” is considered a classic in this field of sports science. Janssen is credited with transferring theories and methods of psychology to sports science and sports practice through his academic work.

In his research work, the focus was initially on the psychology of training stress and the terms concentration and attention in sporting contexts as well as motor learning and memory and training and performance aspects in athletics and handball, later he also moved on to health and rehabilitation sports and sports in old age at the center of his work. According to the obituary of the University of Kiel, Janssen “brought research on health promotion and the lifestyle of the elderly to a broad public long after his retirement.” He also dealt intensively with the history of sports and was one of the regular authors of the yearbook of the German Society for History Sports science.

Publications (selection)

  • Basics of sports psychology . Limpert, Wiesbaden 1995, ISBN 3-8252-1859-7 .
  • as editor: How is psychology possible? . Alber, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-495-48189-9 .
  • together with H. Gabler, J. Nitsch: Expert opinion: Psychological training in the practice of competitive sports . Federal Institute for Sport Science, Cologne 1990.
  • On the validity and reliability of falsified personality questionnaires in serious situations and in role play . TÜV Rheinland publishing house, Cologne 1978.
  • Movement theory: structure and analysis of athletic movements . Chair of Sport Psychology, Kiel 1995.
  • Sports Psychology in East and West after 1950 . In: G. Bäumler, J. Court, W. Hollmann (eds.): Sports medicine and sports science: historical-systematic facets . Academia, St. Augustin 2002, pp. 319-372.
  • Games, sports and exercise in old age - recommendations for CHD patients . In: KD Kolenda (ed.): Lifestyle and chronic diseases. 14th Holmer Colloquium. Editio Zenk, Forchheim 2004, pp. 49-63.
  • On the history of applied psychology: Report on an interview with Friedrich Dorsch on July 11, 1985 in Tübingen . In: A. Schorr (Ed.): Psychology and Society . Cologne: Deutscher Psychologen Verlag, 1986, pp. 13–24.
  • German sport psychology in the course of three epochs: From the Wilhelmine epoch to a divided Germany . Psychologie und Sport, 4 (1), 8-33, 1997.
  • together with M. Wegner: Concentration and performance in sports games: diagnosis and training of concentrative activities and tasks in handball games. Sport Psychologie, 4 (3), 14-20, 1990.
  • Experience of stress in training and competition using the example of a 400m hurdler . Sports Science, 22, 86 97, 1992

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan-Peters Janssen: Obituary notice . ( kn-trauer.de [accessed on March 31, 2018]).
  2. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. phil. Jan Peters Janssen CV . In: Institute for Sports Science . ( uni-kiel.de [accessed on March 31, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Jens Broens: Working Group for Sport Psychology | Presidia of asp. Accessed March 31, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b https://www.sportwissenschaft.uni-kiel.de/de/aktuelles/nachruf-prof-dr-jan-peters-janssen
  5. ↑ Prof. Dr. phil. Jan Peters Janssen Research & Teaching . In: Institute for Sports Science . ( uni-kiel.de [accessed on March 31, 2018]).
  6. ↑ University of Kiel | Personnel notifications December 2017. Accessed March 31, 2018 .
  7. ^ Library - NISH - Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History. Accessed on March 31, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Prof. Dr. phil. Jan Peters Janssen Publications . In: Institute for Sports Science . ( uni-kiel.de [accessed on March 31, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Janssen, Jan-Peters
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Janssen, Jan Peters
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports psychologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Templin
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 2017