Dr. Valeria Eckardt

Dr. Valeria Eckardt

Horstmarer Landweg 62B, room 111
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83 34893

Academic Profiles

External Profile

  • Research Foci

    Parental support in (competitive) youth sport

    Relationships and cooperation between parents and coaches in (competitive) youth sport

    Stress & Interpersonal coping

    Dyadic coping in parents

  • CV

    Academic Education

    B.Sc. Psychology
    M.Sc. Psychology of sport and exercise
    Ph.D. Sport Psychology

    Honors

    Young Researcher Award – European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC)
    Graduate Scholarship "Life sciences" in the category Lebenswissenschaften – German Sport University Cologne

  • Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines

    • Lobinger Babett H., Eckardt Valeria C., Lautenbach Franziska. (). Three perspectives on parental support in youth soccer: Children, parents, and coaches. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 16(4). doi: 10.1177/17479541211011553.
    • Dorsch Travis E., Wright Emily, Eckardt Valeria C., Elliott Sam, Thrower Sam N., Knight Camilla J. (). A history of parent involvement in organized youth sport: A scoping review. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 10(4), 536–557. doi: 10.1037/spy0000266.
    • Eckardt Valeria C., Dorsch Travis E. Lobinger Babett H. (). Parents' competitive stressors in professional German youth soccer academies: A Mixed-Method Study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 58(102089). doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102089.
    • Eckardt Valeria C., Tamminen Katherine A. (). A scoping review on interpersonal coping in sports. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, n.a.. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2023.2251137.
    • Eckardt Valeria C., Linz Lara, Lobinger Babett H. (). “Meine Tochter wurde ausgewechselt und ich fühlte mich selbst aus dem Spiel genommen” – Wahrgenommene Stressoren von Eltern im freizeitorientierten Fußball. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 30(3), 121–133. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000403.
    • Tamminen Katherine A., Bonk Devin, Eckardt Valeria C., Sutherland Sara, McEwen Carolyn. (). Development of the stressors among parents in youth sport survey (SPYSS). Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 70(102541). doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102541.
    • Eckardt Valeria C., Dorsch Travis E. (). “We are on the outside but it’s okay”: A grounded theory of cooperation between parents, coaches, and administrators in professional youth soccer academies. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 76(102746). doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102746.