Research

Publications

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2024). Psychological interventions for the self-regulated enhancement of music performance: A systematic review. Musicae Scientiae. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649241290448

Lubert, V. J., Nordin-Bates, S., & Ginsborg, J. (2024). Psychological coaching for performing artists: Perceptions of and reflections on finding ways to manage performance anxiety. Empirical Studies of the Art, 43(1), 721–743. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374241262990

Lubert, V. J., Chełkowska-Zacharewicz, M. E., & Gröpel, P. (2024). “My mind varied its focus quite a bit”: A thematic analysis of the attentional focus of aspiring professional violinists and violists during performance. Music & Science, 7, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043241248266 

Lubert, V. J., Nordin-Bates, S., & Gröpel, P. (2023). Effects of tailored interventions for anxiety management in choking-susceptible performing artists: A mixed-methods collective case study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1164273. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1164273

Gröpel, P., & Lubert, V. J. (2022). Interventions for performance under pressure in sports and the performing arts. Psychologie in Österreich, 42(2), 134–139.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2022). Testing interventions for music performance under pressure: A randomized controlled study. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 11(1), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000285

Tief, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2021). Pre-performance routines for music students: An experimental pilot study. Psychology of Music, 49(5), 1261–1272. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735620953621

Gröpel, P., & Tief, V. J. (2019). Nudging tools to promote physical activity at the workplace. In Österreichischer Betriebssport Verband (Ed.), Bewegung im Setting Arbeitswelt in einer sich wandelnden, modernen Gesellschaft (pp. 46-54). ÖBSV.

Scientific Presentations

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2024, July). Transferring Choking Interventions from Sports to Music. Talk presented at the 17th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Innsbruck, Austria.

Mantsch, S., Lubert V. J., & Peschka, M. (2024, April). “Ich bin als Musikerin erwachsen geworden” – On music students’ successful crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the International Symposium of the Austrian Society for Music and Medicine & the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Lubert. V. J., & Nordin-Bates, S. M. (2023, June). Between discipline and creativity: Reflections on performing artists’ motivation from the perspective of Self-Determination Theory. Talk presented at the Art in Motion Symposium 2023, University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, Germany.

Lubert. V. J., & Nordin-Bates, S. M. (2023, May). Between discipline and creativity: Reflections on performing artists’ motivation from the perspective of Self-Determination Theory. Talk presented at the Postgraduate Researchers Conference 2023, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Lubert, V. J., Nordin-Bates, S. M., & Gröpel, P. (2023, May). Tailored interventions for choking-susceptible performing artists: A mixed-methods collective case study. Paper presented at the Dance Medicine and Science Symposium 2023, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2022, September). Individualisierte psychologische Interventionen für Leistung unter Druck bei Musikerinnen und Musikern: Sieben Fallstudien. Talk presented at the International Symposium of the Austrian Society for Music and Medicine, Graz, Austria.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2022, July). Mechanisms and effects of tailored interventions for performance under pressure in the performing arts: A collective case study. Paper presented at the 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Padua, Italy.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2022, July). Mechanisms and effects of tailored interventions for performance under pressure in the performing arts: A collective case study. Paper presented at the 17th European Congress of Psychology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2022, May). Performance enhancement in the performing arts: Perspectives and interventions from sport psychology. Talk presented at the Department of Sport Science, Swedish School of Sport and Health Science, Stockholm, Sweden.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2021, November). Psychological interventions for managing performance anxiety in music, dance, and acting. Talk presented at the Institute of Psychology, Department of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.

Lubert, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2021, October). Psychological interventions to enhance self-efficacy and performance under pressure in the performing arts. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Performance Science, Montreal, Canada.

Tief, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2021, September). Psychologische Interventionen zur Verbesserung der Selbstwirksamkeit und musikalischen Leistung unter Druck. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Symposium of the German Society for Music Psychology (Online).

Tief, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2021, June). Pre-performance routines for music students: An experimental pilot study. Poster presented at the International Symposium Art in Motion, University of Music and Performing Arts, Munich, Germany.

Tief, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2021, February). Applying strategies from sport psychology to music performance under pressure. Poster presented at the ESCOM Winter School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Tief, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2020, December). Pre-Performance Routinen für Musiker*innen. Talk presented at the Interdisciplinary Science Seminar of the Department of Systematic Musicology (University of Vienna), the Department of Music Physiology (MDW), and the Austrian Society for Musicians’ Medicine (ÖGfMM); University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria.

Tief, V. J., & Gröpel, P. (2020, September). Pre-performance routines for music students: An experimental pilot study. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Symposium of the German Society for Music Psychology (Online).

Gröpel, P., & Tief, V. J. (2020, May). Exploring physiological mechanisms of left-hand dynamic handgrip: No effects on pupil constriction and heart rate. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Salzburg, Austria.