About
Jane Z. Andersen, Psy.D.
Dr. Andersen received her Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology from New York University before completing a Masters in Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. She received an additional Masters in Psychology, along with her doctorate, from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. While at Baylor, Dr. Andersen’s research examined psychological factors that contribute to distress as competitors retire. She completed her clinical internship at The Brattleboro Retreat in Brattleboro, Vermont, working with first responder and uniformed services personnel. She went on to complete her post doctoral fellowship at Yale University, where she primarily worked with student athletes.
Publications
Written under Dr. Andersen’s maiden name, Zimmermann
Houltberg, B.J., Zimmermann, J.A., Shubert, J., Schnitker, S.A., & Scales, P.C. (in press). Achievement orientation and perfectionism are linked to competition mindsets and mental well-being in elite athletes. International Journal of Sports Psychology.
Zimmermann, J.A., Bounds, E.M., D’Aoust, N.M., Rowatt, W.C., & Schnitker, S.A. (2024). Inflexibility, reactions to retirement, and mental health in elite competitors: A mediation analysis. Journal for Advancing Sport Psychology in Research, 4(1), 4-20.
Zimmermann, J.A. (2023). Personality moderates the relation between inflexibility and mental health symptoms as mediated by reactions to retirement losses in former competitors. (Publication No. 2851090934) [Doctoral dissertation, Baylor University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database.
Zimmermann, J.A., D’Aoust, N.M., Rowatt, W.C., Schnitker, S.A. (2022, February 16-19). The relation between inflexibility and mental health in former elite competitors: Exploring indirect effects through reactions to retirement losses mediated by personality [Poster presentation]. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, United States
Gilbertson, M.K., Zimmermann, J.A., Schnitker, S.A., Houltberg, B.J. (2018, August). An exmaination of life purpose on the relation between religiousness and spirituality [Poster presentation]. American Psychological Association 126th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Gilbertson, M.K., Zimmermann, J.A., Schnitker, S.A., Houltberg, B.J. (2018, March). A longitudinal study of the impact of spiritual transcendence on emotion regulation and interpersonal patience [Paper presentation]. Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Annual Meeting, Riverside, CA, United States.