Research Foci
- Spectator influence in sprts
- Home advantage
- Performance development in athletics
CV
Academic Education
- PhD at the department of sport psychology, WWU Münster
- M.Sc. Sports, Exercise and Human Performance
- B.Sc. Human Movement in Sports and Exercise
Positions
Publications
- van Meurs, E., Nieto, M., Strauss, B., & Harenberg, S. (). Naturalistic verbal and non-verbal encouragement in athletic performance assessments: A mixed-methods study.Preprint. Journal of Sports Sciences, 44 (9), 1113–1126. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2026.2632508.
- Banning, A., van Meurs, E., & Dreiskämper, D. (). COVID-19 affected elite track-and-field athletes’ Olympic preparation before Tokyo 2020 compared to Rio 2016. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), 6044. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86883-2.
Research Articles (Journals)
- van Meurs, E. (). Heimvorteil erklärt - das home-advantage mediated (HAM) Modell. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 30 (3), 134–138. doi: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000399.
- van Meurs, E., Rehr, J. P., Raue-Behlau, C., & Strauss, B. (). No relevant spectator impact on home advantage in male and female professional volleyball – A longitudinal multilevel logistic model analysis over 25 years. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 66, Article 102401. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102401.
- Greve, J., van Meurs, E., & Strauss, B. (). Elite darts performance and the social influence of real crowds and simulated crowd noise. Scientific Reports, 13 (1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39378-x.
Review Article (Book Contribution)
- Strauss, B., Staufenbiel, K., van Meurs, E., & MacMahon, C. (). Social influence of sport spectators. in Schüler, J., Wegner, M., Plessner, H., & Eklund, R. C. (ed.), Sport and Exercise Psychology: Theory and Application (pp. 425–444). Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-03921-8.
Book (Edited Collection)
- van Meurs, E., Vergeld, V., Strauss, B., & Gehrau, V. (ed.) (). Die Beobachtung als Methode in der Sportwissenschaft. (1. edt.) utb.
Research Article (Journal)
- van Meurs, E., Greve, J., & Strauss, B. (). Moving in the presence of others - a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 16 (1), 1–33. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2022.2111663.
- van Meurs, E., Buszard, T., Kovalchik, S., Farrow, D., & Reid, M. (). Interpersonal coordination in tennis: Assessing the Positional Advantage Index with Australian Open Hawkeye data. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 21 (1), 22–32. doi: 10.1080/24748668.2020.1843213.
Scientific Talks
- Beier, Marius; van Meurs, Edda; Strauss, Bernd : “A model of social influence in sports”. SCAPPS 2023 Conference, Kingston, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Kofoth, Mara; Strauss, Bernd : „The triangular relationship of home advantage: Spectators, players and referees“. 26. sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der dvs, Bochum, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Beier, Marius; Raab, Markus; Klatt, Stefanie; Strauss, Bernd : “A model of social influence in sports”. 2023 Annual Conference NASPSPA , Toronto, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Beier, Marius; Raab, Markus; Klatt, Stefanie; Strauss, Bernd : „Social influence in sport: mediating and moderating factors“. Human Performance, Assessment, Intervention und Analysen 55. Jahrestagung der asp, Stuttgart, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Rehr, Jan-Philipp; Raue-Behlau, Charlotte; Strauss, Bernd : “Examining drivers of the home advantage in German volleyball”. Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology, Montreal, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Rehr, Jan-Philipp; Raue-Behlau, Charlotte; Strauss, Bernd : “Examining drivers of the home advantage in German volleyball”. FEPSAC 2022 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Padua, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Rehr, Jan-Philipp; Raue-Behlau, Charlotte; Strauss, Bernd : „With and without spectators: the home advantage of the last 25 years in the German 1st volleyball leagues“. Ein Gehirn, viel Bewegung – Variabilität und Plastizität über die Lebensspanne 54. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, Münster, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Greve, Jona Anders; Strauss, Bernd : “Moving in the presence of others: A systematic review and meta-analysis on social facilitation”. 2022 NASPSPA Annual Conference, Hawaii, .
- Banning, Alexander; van Meurs, Edda; Dreiskämper, Dennis : „The Curious Case of Tokyo: Performance Development in Athletics“. Sport, Mehr & Meer – Sportwissenschaft in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung 25. Sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der dvs, virtuell, .
- Greve, Jona; van Meurs, Edda; Strauss, Bernd : “‘...and the crowd goes wild’ – The effects of crowds, simulated crowd noise, and no crowds on performance in elite darts players.” 53. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Tübingen, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Greve, Jona; Strauß, Bernd : „Social facilitation during motor tasks: A meta-analysis“. asp 2020, Lodron Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Utesch, Till; Dreiskämper, Dennis : “Cross-lagged relations between physical fitness, motor competence and executive function indicators in childhood”. Annual Conference of SCAPPS, Vancouver (BC), Kanada, .
- van Meurs, Edda; Utesch, Till; Dreiskämper, Dennis : „Cross-lagged relations between physical fitness, motor competence and executive function indicators in childhood“. 51. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Deutschland, .