Prof. Dr. Johannes Zimmermann

Werdegang

Seit 09/2018
Professor für Differentielle Psychologie am Institut für Psychologie der Universität Kassel

10/2015 - 08/2018
Professor für Methodenlehre und Psychologische Diagnostik an der Psychologischen Hochschule Berlin

04/2014 – 09/2015
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Psychologie der Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Psychologische Diagnostik (Prof. Dr. Kristin Mitte)

10/2010 – 09/2015
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Psychologie der Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (Prof. Dr. Cord Benecke)

09/2007 – 08/2010
Stipendiat im Deutsch-chilenischen Graduiertenkolleg der Universität Heidelberg

Akademische Qualifikation

10/2015
Erstberufung als Professor, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin

03/2011
Promotion, Universität Heidelberg

04/2007
Diplom, Universität Koblenz-Landau

Auszeichnungen

ISSPD’s Young Investigator Award (2019)

SITAR Jerry Wiggins Student Award for Outstanding Interpersonal Research (2010)

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften

preprints (under review)

Wright, A. G., Scharf, F., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Minimum sampling recommendations for applied ambulatory assessments. PsyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3tme5

Wendt, L. P., Kerber, A., Müller, S., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Maladaptive personality trait change during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the German general population. PsyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n8yek

Wendt, L. P., Klein, E. M., Benecke, C., Singer, S., Dotzauer, L., Engesser, D., … Zimmermann, J. (2024). Clinical utility of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale: A survey of German mental health professionals. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u9ycr

Zimmermann, J., Wendt, L. P., Edelhoff, H., Wierzba, E., Fleck, L., Cicero, D. C., & Reininghaus, U. (2024). Development and initial evaluation of the German version of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Self-Report (HiTOP-SR). PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dc8u6

Zimmermann, J., Witthöft, M., Cicero, D. C., Forbes, M. K., Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., … Reininghaus, U. (2024). Hierarchische Taxonomie der Psychopathologie (HiTOP): Ein neues Modell zur Beschreibung psychischer Probleme. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/kp8yx

Müller, S., Schroeders, U., Bachrach, N., Benecke, C., Cuevas,L., Doering, S., Elklit, A., Gutiérrez, F., Hengartner, M. P., Hogue, T. E., Hopwood, C. J., Mihura, J. L., Oltmanns, T. F., Paap, M. C. S., Pedersen, G., Renn, D., Ringwald, W. R., Rossi, G. Samuels, J., ... Zimmermann, J. (2023). Revisiting the structure of DSM-5 section II personality disorder criteria using individual participant data meta-analysis. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/f2yvj

Rek, K., Kerber, A., Kemper, C. J., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Getting the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 ready for clinical practice: Norm values and correlates in a representative sample from the German population. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5hm43

Leising, D., Borgstede, M., Burger, J., Zimmermann, J., Bäckström, M., Oltmanns, J. R., … Connelly, B. S. (2020). Why do judgments on different person-descriptive attributes correlate with one another? A conceptual analysis with relevance for most psychometric research. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7c895

in press

Ohse, L., Kerber, A., Zimmermann, J., Kampe, L., Mohr, J., Busch, O., Rentrop, M., & Hörz-Sagstetter, S. (in press). Empirical convergence between Kernberg’s model of personality organization and the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders. Personality and Mental Health.

Wright, A. G., Ringwald, W. R., & Zimmermann, J. (in press). Measuring psychopathology in daily life. Clinical Psychology Science. [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/h8npk; Open data: https://osf.io/su3gf/]

Jankowsky, K., Zimmermann, J., Jaeger, U., Mestel, R., & Schroeders, U. (in press). First impressions count: Therapists’ impression on patients’ motivation and helping alliance predicts psychotherapy dropout. Psychotherapy Research. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2024.2411985 [Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/nhs6c]

Kuper, N., Andresen, P. K., Beck, E. D., Costantini, G., Hamaker, E. L., Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (in press). From persons to general principles: Methodological decisions for idiographic and nomothetic research. European Journal of Personality. [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mx47u]

Dufner, M., Zimmermann, J., Kraft, L., Czarna, A. Z., Sekerdej, M., & Schmukle, S. C. (in press). Our versus their narcissist: How people view narcissistic persons from their ingroup and from a competing outgroup. Personality Science.

Macina, C.*, Kerber, A.*, Zimmermann, J., Ohse, L., Kampe, L., Mohr, J., Walter, M., Hörz-Sagstetter, S.*, & Wrege, J. S.* (in press). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the German Self and Interpersonal Functioning Scale (SIFS). Journal of Personality Assessment. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2023.2268199 [* shared first and last authorship]

Dippel, N., Zimmermann, J., Brakemeier, E.-L., & Christiansen, H. (in press). Capturing impact messages in parent-child interactions: Adapting and validating the Impact Message Inventory. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000781

2024

Remmers, C., Topolinski, S., Knaevelsrud, C., Zander-Schellenberg, T., Unger, S., Anoschin, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Go with your gut! The beneficial mood effects of intuitive decisions. Emotion, 24, 1652-1662. doi: 10.1037/emo0001385 [Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/ck8ru/; Open data: https://osf.io/ds39y/] 

Kerber, A., Ehrenthal, J., Zimmermann, J., Remmers, C., Nolte, T., Wendt, L., Heim, P., Müller, S., Beintner, I., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2024). Examining the role of personality functioning in a hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology using two years of ambulatory assessed data. Translational Psychiatry, 14, 340.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-03046-z [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3854842/v1]

Krasniqi, C.*, Müller, S.*, Wendt, L. P., Fischer, F., Spitzer, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Measuring maladaptive personality traits with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Screening Questionnaire using a common metrics approach. Personality and Mental Health, 18, 191-203. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1607 [Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/xfmpv; Open data: https://osf.io/ba37m/] [* shared first authorship]

Scholz, D. D., Zimmermann, J., Moshagen, M., Zettler, I., & Hilbig, B. E. (2024). Theoretical and empirical integration of ‘dark’ traits and socially aversive personality psychopathology. Journal of Personality Disorders, 38, 241-267. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2024.38.3.241

Wendt, L. P., Zimmermann, J., Spitzer, C., & Müller, S. (2024). Mindreading measures misread? A multimethod investigation into the validity of self-report and task-based approaches. Psychological Assessment, 36, 365–378. doi: 10.1037/pas0001310 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/maq5p; Open data: https://osf.io/q7eu4/]

Kraft, L., Zimmermann, J., Schmukle, S. C., Czarna, A. Z., Sekerdej, M., & Dufner, M. (2024). Who gets the credit for success and the blame for failure? On the links between narcissism and self- and group-serving biases. European Journal of Personality, 38, 476–493. doi: 10.1177/08902070231199366 [Preprint: https://osf.io/rz5n7/]

Ohse, L., Zimmermann, J., Kerber, A., Kampe, L., Mohr, J., Schierz, R., Rentrop, M., Dziobek, I., & Hörz-Sagstetter, S. (2024). Impairments in cognitive and emotional empathy as markers of general versus specific personality pathology. Psychopathology,57, 136–148. doi: 10.1159/000533861

Müller, S., Wendt, L. P., Schicktanz, P., Hopwood, C. J., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Development and validation of a German Interpersonal Sensitivities Circumplex (ISC-G): A self-report measure of perceived aversive behaviors of others. European Journal of Psychological Assessment,40, 146–157. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000737 [Open data: https://osf.io/mf2c3/]  

2023

Rief, W., Hofmann, S. G., Berg, M., Forbes, M. K., Pizzagalli, D. A., Zimmermann, J., Fried, E., & Reed, G. M. (2023). Do we need a novel framework for classifying psychopathology? A discussion paper. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 5, Article e11699. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.11699

Kerber, A., Gewehr, E., Zimmermann, J., Sachser, C., Fegert , J., Knaevelsrud, C., & Spitzer, C. (2023). Adverse childhood experiences and personality functioning interact substantially in predicting depression, anxiety and somatization. Personality and Mental Health, 17, 246-258. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1578

Oliveira, S. E. S. D., Zimmermann, J., Krueger, R. F., & Hutsebaut, J. (2023). Brazilian version of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0: Evidence of reliability and validity. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 39. doi: 10.1590/0102.3772e39nspe05.en

Rek, K., Kappelmann, N., Zimmermann, J., Rein, M., Egli, S., & Kopf-Beck, J. (2023). Evaluating the role of maladaptive personality traits in schema therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy for depression. Psychological Medicine, 53, 4405-4414. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722001209

Starke, F., Sikora, A., Stegmann, R., Knebel, L., Buntrock, C., de Rijk, A., Houkes, I., Szycik, G. R., Unger, H.-P., Schumacher, J. O., Stark, H., Hauth, I., Holzapfel, C., Borgolte, A., Schneller, C., Unterschemmann, S.-L., Paetow, W., Jung, A. L., Berking, M., Zimmermann, J., & Wegewitz, U. (2023). Evaluating a multimodal, clinical and work-directed intervention (RTW-PIA) to support sustainable return to work among employees with mental disorders: study protocol of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 23, 380. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04753-5

Wendt, L. P., Jankowsky, K., Schroeders, U., London Personality and Mood Disorder Research Consortium, Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., Montague, P. R., Zimmermann, J.*, Olaru, G.* (2023). Mapping established psychopathology scales onto the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). Personality and Mental Health, 17, 117-134. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1566 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/j4gp8] [* shared last authorship]

Müller, S., Hopwood, C. J., Skodol, A. E., Morey, L. C., Oltmanns, T. F., Benecke, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2023). Exploring the predictive validity of personality disorder criteria. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14, 309–320. doi: 10.1037/per0000609

Ohse, L., Zimmermann, J., Kerber, A., Kampe, L., Mohr, J., Kendlbacher, J., Busch, O., Rentrop, M., & Hörz-Sagstetter, S. (2023). Reliability, structure, and validity of module I (personality functioning) of the Structured Clinical Interview for the alternative DSM–5 model for personality disorders (SCID-5-AMPD-I). Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14, 287–299. doi: 10.1037/per0000576

Remmers, C., Zürn, M., Anoschin, A., Topolinski, S., & Zimmermann, J. (2023). Intuition and meaning in life in persons with varying levels of depressive symptoms and impairments in personality functioning. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79, 1398-1419. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23487 [Open data: https://osf.io/25wgd/]

Müller, S.*, Wendt, L. P.*, & Zimmermann, J. (2023). Development and validation of the Certainty about Mental States Questionnaire (CAMSQ): A self-report measure of mentalizing oneself and others. Assessment, 30, 651–674. doi: 10.1177/10731911211061280 [* shared first authorship] [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jtc3s]

Rau, R., Zimmermann, J., & Back, M. D. (2023). Applying multimodal social relations analyses in personality pathology research. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14, 73–82. doi: 10.1037/per0000589 [Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/n4sxz/]

Hobbs, K. A., Mann, F. D., Latzman, R. D., Zimmermann, J., Jaeger, U., Markon, K., & Krueger, R. F. (2023). Pathological personality in relation to multiple domains of quality of life and impairment: Evidence for the specific relevance of the maladaptive poles of major trait domains. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132, 135–144. doi: 10.1037/abn0000810

Zimmermann, J., Falk, C. F., Wendt, L. P., Spitzer, C., Fischer, F., Bach, B., Sellbom, M., & Müller, S. (2023). Validating the German version of the Personality Disorder Severity-ICD-11 Scale using nominal response models. Psychological Assessment,35, 257–268.doi: 10.1037/pas0001199 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/42whs; Open data: https://osf.io/zts7v/]

May, L., Raible, Y., Gewehr, E., Zimmermann, J., & Volbert, R. (2023). How often and why do guilty and innocent suspects confess, deny, or remain silent in police interviews? Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 38, 153–164. doi: 10.1007/s11896-022-09522-w

Damovsky, F., Zettl, M., Zimmermann, J., Herbold, W., Curtius, T., Buecker, S., Taubner, S., & Volkert, J. (2023). Das Persönlichkeitsinventar für ICD-11 (PiCD): Reliabilität und Validität der deutschen Version in einer klinischen und nicht-klinischen Stichprobe [The Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD): reliability and validity of the German version in a clinical and non-clinical sample]. Psychotherapie - Psychosomatik - Medizinische Psychologie, 73, 62-69.doi: 10.1055/a-1826-1888 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cm3qv; Correction: doi: 10.1055/a-2241-1047]

Bröcker, A.-L., Zimmermann, J., Stuke, F., Just, S., Bayer, S., Mielau, J., Bertram, G., Funcke, J., Maaßen, E., Hadzibegovic, J., Lempa, G., von Haebler, D., & Montag, C. (2023). Exploring the latent structure and convergent and incremental validity of the Metacognition Assessment Scale – Abbreviated in a sample of patients with non-affective psychosis. Journal of Personality Assessment, 105, 100-110. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2048843

2022

Natoli, A. P., Bach, B., Behn, A., Cottin, M., Gritti, E. S., Hutsebaut, J., Lamba, N., Le Corff, Y., Zimmermann, J., & Lapalme, M. (2022). Multinational evaluation of the measurement invariance of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale–brief form 2.0: Comparison of student and community samples across seven countries. Psychological Assessment, 34(12), 1112–1125. doi: 10.1037/pas0001176

Wester, R. A., Rubel, J., Zimmermann, J., Hall, M., Kaven, L., & Watson, D. (2022). Development and validation of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms–II—German version. Psychological Assessment, 34(12), e88–e99. doi: 10.1037/pas0001185 [Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/dnjzu/; Open data: https://osf.io/x3rqm/]

Kramer, U., Eubanks, C. F., Bertsch, K., Herpertz, S. C., McMain, S., Mehlum, L., Renneberg, R., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Future challenges in psychotherapy research for personality disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 24, 613–622. doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01379-4

Zimmermann, R., Steppan, M., Zimmermann, J., Oeltjen, L., Birkhölzer, M., Schmeck, K., & Goth, K. (2022). A DSM-5 AMPD and ICD-11 compatible measure for an early identification of personality disorders in adolescence – LoPF-Q 12-18 latent structure and short form. PLoS ONE, 17(9), e0269327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269327 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.19.22275330]

Weekers, L. C., Hutsebaut, J., Zimmermann, J., & Kamphuis, J. H. (2022). Changes in the classification of personality disorders: Comparing the DSM–5 Section II personality disorder model to the alternative model for personality disorders using structured clinical interviews. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(5), 527–535. doi: 10.1037/per0000512

Müller, S.*, Wendt, L. P.*, Spitzer, C., Masuhr, O., Back, S. N., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). A critical evaluation of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ). Journal of Personality Assessment, 104,613-627. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1981346 [* shared first authorship] [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/5rhme; Open data: https://osf.io/stbz5]

Fischer-Kern, M., Tmej, A., Naderer, A., Zimmermann, J., & Nolte, T. (2022). Failure to resolve loss and compromised mentalizing in female inpatients with major depressive disorder. Attachment & Human Development, 24, 503-524. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2021.2015794

Hopwood, C. J., Bleidorn, W., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Assessing personality change: Introduction to the Special Section. Journal of Personality Assessment, 104, 431–434. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2041650

Calati, R., Romano, D., Lopez-Castroman, J., Turolla, F., Zimmermann, J., Madeddu, F., Courtet, P., & Preti, E. (2022). BOrderliNe symptoms and suIcidal-related outcomes: proTOcol for a systematic review/meta-analysis and an individual patient data meta-analysis (BONITO study). BMJ Open, 12, e056492. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056492

Schroeders, U., Zimmermann, J., Wicke, T., Schaumburg, M., Lang, E., Trenkwalder, C., & Mollenhauer, B. (2022). Dynamic interplay of cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Neuropsychology, 36, 266–278. doi: 10.1037/neu0000795 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zvqge]

Munder, T., Geisshüsler, A., Krieger, T., Zimmermann, J., Wolf, M., Berger, T., & Watzke, B. (2022). Intensity of treatment as usual and its impact on the effects of face-to-face and internet-based psychotherapy for depression: A preregistered meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 91, 200–209. doi: 10.1159/000521951 [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/5s6ap]

Klug, G., Seybert, C., Ratzek, M., Grimm, I., Zimmermann, J., & Huber, D. (2022). Insight and outcome in long-term psychotherapies of depression [Einsicht und Therapieergebnis in Langzeitpsychotherapien der Depression]. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 68, 54-73.doi: 10.13109/zptm.2021.67.oa10

Lindner, S., Aschwanden, D., Zimmermann, J., & Allemand, M. (2022). How do personality traits manifest in daily life of older adults? European Journal of Ageing, 19, 131–142. doi: 10.1007/s10433-020-00598-z [Open data: https://osf.io/h2pq5/]

Kerber, A., Schultze, M., Müller, S., Rühling, R. M., Wright, A. G., Spitzer, C., Krueger, R. F., Knaevelsrud, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Development of a short and ICD-11 compatible measure for DSM-5 maladaptive personality traits using ant colony optimization algorithms. Assessment, 29, 467-487. doi: 10.1177/1073191120971848 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/rsw54]

Niemeyer, L. M.*, Grosz, M. P.*, Zimmermann, J., & Back, M. D. (2022). Assessing maladaptive personality in the forensic context: Development and validation of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Forensic Faceted Brief Form (PID-5-FFBF). Journal of Personality Assessment, 104, 30-43. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1923522 [* shared first authorship]

Simms, L. J., Wright, A. G. C., Cicero, D. C., Kotov, R., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Sellbom, M., Watson, D. C., Widiger, T. A., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Development of measures for the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A collaborative scale development project. Assessment, 29, 3–16. doi: 10.1177/10731911211015309 

Zimmermann, J., Widiger, T. A., Oeltjen, L., Conway, C. C., & Morey, L. C. (2022). Developing preliminary scales for assessing the HiTOP detachment spectrum. Assessment, 29, 75–87. doi: 10.1177/10731911211015313

2021

Brockmeyer, T., Schmidt, H., Leiteritz-Rausch, A., Zimmermann, J., Wünsch-Leiteritz, W., Leiteritz, A., & Friederich, H.-C. (2021). Cognitive remediation therapy in anorexia nervosa—A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89, 805–815. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000675

Letzring, T. D., Murphy, N. A., Allik, J., Beer, A., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D. (2021). The judgment of personality: An overview of current empirical research findings. Personality Science, 2, e6043. doi: 10.5964/ps.6043 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/8t63v]

Volz, M., Zimmermann, J., Schauenburg, H., Dinger, U., Nikendei, C., Friederich, H.-C., & Ehrenthal, J. C. (2021). Erstellung und Validierung einer Kurzversion des Fragebogens zur Erfassung aversiver und protektiver Kindheitserfahrung (APK-18): Eine Anwendung des Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) Algorithmus [Development and Validation of the Short-Form of the Questionnaire for the Assessment of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences (APC)]. Diagnostica, 67, 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000276

Konjusha, A., Hopwood, C. J., Price, A., Masuhr, O., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Investigating the transdiagnostic value of subjective emptiness. Journal of Personality Disorders, 35, 788–800. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2021_35_510

Gisch, H., Perlinger, J., Zimmermann, J., & Kretschmar, T. (2021). Die latente Struktur von psychodynamischen und psychologischen Persönlichkeitsmodellen: Eine gemeinsame Untersuchung von OPD-KF, OPD-SFK und BFI [The latent structure of psychodynamic and psychological personality models: Conjoint investigation of OPD-CQ, OPD-SQS and BFI-2]. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 67, 241–255.doi: 10.13109/zptm.2021.67.oa5

Ehrenthal, J. C, Zimmermann, J., Brenk-Franz, F., Dinger, U., Schauenburg, H., Brähler, E., & Strauß, B. (2021). Evaluation of a short version of the Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised questionnaire (ECR-RD8): results from a representative German sample. BMC Psychology, 9, 140. doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00637-z

Leising, D., Vogel, D., Waller, V., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Correlations between person-descriptive items are predictable from the product of their mid-point-centered social desirability values. European Journal of Personality, 35, 667–689. doi: 10.1177/0890207020962331

Spitzer, C., Müller, S., Kerber, A., Hutsebaut, J., Brähler, E., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Die deutsche Version der Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF): Faktorenstruktur, konvergente Validität und Normwerte in der Allgemeinbevölkerung [The German version of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF): Latent structure, convergent validity and norm values in the general population]. Psychotherapie - Psychosomatik - Medizinische Psychologie, 71, 284-293. doi: 10.1055/a-1343-2396

Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hill, P. L., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Roberts, B. W., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Personality trait stability and change. Personality Science, 2, e6009. doi: 10.5964/ps.6009

Hopwood, C. J., Good, E. W., Levendosky, A. A., Zimmermann, J., Dumat, D., Finkel, E. A., Eastwick, P. W., & Bleidorn, W. (2021). Realness is a core feature of authenticity. Journal of Research in Personality, 92, 104086. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104086

Wessels, N. M., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D. (2021). Who knows best what the next year will hold for you? The validity of direct and personality-based predictions of future life experiences across different perceivers. European Journal of Personality, 35, 315-339. doi: 10.1002/per.2293 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/yc83h]

Spitzer, C., Zimmermann, J., Brähler, E., Euler, S., Wendt, L. P.*, & Müller, S.* (2021). Die deutsche Version des Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ): Eine teststatistische Überprüfung in der Allgemeinbevölkerung [The German version of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ): A psychometric evaluation in the general population]. Psychotherapie - Psychosomatik - Medizinische Psychologie,71, 124-131. doi: 10.1055/a-1234-6317 [* shared last authorship]

Reins, J. A., Buntrock, C., Zimmermann, J., Grund, S., Harrer, M., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Weisel, K., Domhardt, M., Imamura, K., Kawakami, N., Spek, V., Nobis, S., Snoek, F., Cuijpers, P., Klein, J. P., Moritz, S., & Ebert, D. D. (2021). Efficacy and moderators of internet-based interventions in adults with subthreshold depression: An individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 90, 94–106. doi: 10.1159/000507819

Hörz-Sagstetter, S.*, Volkert, J.*, Rentrop, M., Benecke, C., Gremaud-Heitz, D. J., Unterrainer, H.-F., Schauenburg, H., Seidler, D., Buchheim, A., Doering, S., Feil, M. G., Clarkin, J. F., Dammann, G.*, & Zimmermann, J.* (2021). A bifactor model of personality organization. Journal of Personality Assessment, 103, 149-160.doi: 10.1080/00223891.2019.1705463 [* shared first and last authorship]

Burchert, S., Kerber, A., Zimmermann, J., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2021). Screening accuracy of a 14-day smartphone ambulatory assessment of depression symptoms and mood dynamics in a general population sample: comparison with the PHQ-9 depression screening. PLOS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244955

May, L., Gewehr, E., Zimmermann, J., Raible, Y., & Volbert, R. (2021). How guilty and innocent suspects perceive the police and themselves: Suspect interviews in Germany. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 26, 42-61. doi: 10.1111/lcrp.12184

Hillmann, K., Neukel, C., Zimmermann, J., Fuchs, A., Herpertz, S., Zietlow, A.-L., Bertsch, K., & Kaess, M. (2021). Maternal early life maltreatment and psychopathology affect the next generation: alterations in post awakening cortisol levels of primary school-aged children. Developmental Psychobiology, 63, 98-107. doi: 10.1002/dev.21996

2020

Remmers, C., Zimmermann, J., Topolinski, S., Richter, C., Zander- Schellenberg, T., Weiler, M., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2020). Intuitive judgments in depression and the role of processing fluency and affect: A preregistrered replication study. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2, e2593. doi: 10.32872/cpe.v2i4.2593

Condon, D. M., Wood, D., Mõttus, R., Booth, T., Costantini, G., Greiff, S., Johnson, W., Lukaszewski, A., Murray, A., Revelle, W., Wright, A. G. C., Ziegler, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Bottom up construction of a personality taxonomy. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36, 923–934. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000626 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/u2n7s]

Mõttus, R., Wood, D., Condon, D. M., Back, M. D., Baumert, A., Costantini, G., Epskamp, S., Greiff, S., Johnson, W., Lukaszewski, A., Murray, A., Revelle, W., Wright, A., Yarkoni, T., Ziegler, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Descriptive, predictive and explanatory personality research: Different goals, different approaches, but a shared need to move beyond the Big Few traits. European Journal of Personality, 34, 1175-1201. doi: 10.1002/per.2311 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/hvk5p]

Wendt, L. P., Wright, A. G., Pilkonis, P. A., Woods, W. C., Denissen, J. J. A., Kühnel, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Indicators of affect dynamics: Structure, reliability, and personality correlates. European Journal of Personality, 34, 1060-1072. doi: 10.1002/per.2277 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/nyqst; Open data: https://osf.io/6ghcx/]

Hopwood, C. J., Bagby, R. M., Gralnick, T., Ro, E., Ruggero, C., Mullins-Sweatt, S., Kotov, R., Bach, B. S., Cicero, D. C., Krueger, R. F., Patrick, C. J., Chmielewski, M., DeYoung, C. G., Docherty, A. R., Eaton, N. R., Forbush, K. T., Ivanova, M. Y., Latzman, R. D., Pincus, A. L., Samuel, D. B., Waugh, M. H., Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Using the hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology to inform psychotherapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 30, 477-497. doi: 10.1037/int0000156 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/6qc5x]

Lowmaster, S. E., Hartman, M. J., Zimmermann, J., Baldock, Z. C., & Kurtz, J. E. (2020). Further validation of the response inconsistency scale for the Personality Inventory for DSM-5. Journal of Personality Assessment, 102, 743-750. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2019.1674320 [Open data: https://osf.io/jwcbq] [Correction: doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1921520]

Rek, K., Thielmann, I., Henkel, M., Crawford, M., Piccirilli, L., Graff, A., Mestel, R., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). A psychometric evaluation of the Standardized Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder (SASPD) in clinical and non-clinical German samples. Psychological Assessment, 32, 984–990. doi: 10.1037/pas0000926 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/unqhm]

Gisch, H., Zimmermann, J., & Kretschmer, T. (2020). Ödipus vs. Big-Five: Kann eine psychoanalytisch fundierte Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik einen inkrementellen Beitrag über die Big-Five-Persönlichkeitsfacetten hinaus zur Vorhersage von psychischer Gesundheit und Zufriedenheit am Arbeitsplatz liefern? [Oedipus vs. Big-Five: Do psychoanalytically based assessments of internal conflicts provide incremental validity over the Big-Five personality facets for the prediction of employees' mental health and job satisfaction?] Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 64, 263-277. doi: 10.1026/0932-4089/a000319

Mayer, A., Zimmermann, J., Hoyer, J., Salzer, S., Wiltink, J., Leibing, E.*, & Leichsenring, F.* (2020). Interindividual differences in treatment effects based on structural equation models with latent variables: An EffectLiteR tutorial. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 27, 798-816. doi: 10.1080/10705511.2019.1671196 [* shared last authorship] [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/sthm6]

Bach, B., Kerber, A., Aluja, A., Bastiaens, T., Keeley, J. W., Claes, L., Fossati, A., Gutierrez, F., Oliveira, S. E. S., Pires, R., Riegel, K. D., Rolland, J.-P., Roskam, I., Sellbom, M., Somma, A., Spanemberg, L., Strus, W., Thimm, J. C., Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). International assessment of DSM-5 and ICD-11 personality disorder traits: Toward a common nosology in DSM-5.1. Psychopathology, 53, 179-188. doi: 10.1159/000507589 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/qcwsb]

Zimmermann, J., Müller, S., Bach, B., Hutsebaut, J., Hummelen, B., & Fischer, F. (2020). A common metric for self-reported severity of personality disorder. Psychopathology, 53, 168-178. doi: 10.1159/000507377 [Preprint: ResearchGate link]

Beierle, F., Probst, T., Allemand, M., Zimmermann, J., Pryss, R., Neff, P., Schlee, W., Stieger, S., & Budimir, S. (2020). Frequency and duration of daily smartphone usage in relation to personality traits. Digital Psychology, 1, 20–28. doi: 10.24989/dp.v1i1.1821

Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Roberts, B. W., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Longitudinal experience-wide association studies: A framework for studying personality change. European Journal of Personality, 34, 285-300.doi: 10.1002/per.2247 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/krfw9]

Beierle, F., Tran, V. T., Allemand, M., Neff, P., Schlee, W., Probst, T., Zimmermann, J., & Pryss, R. (2020). What data are smartphone users willing to share with researchers? Designing and evaluating a privacy model for mobile data collection apps. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 11, 2277–2289. doi: 10.1007/s12652-019-01355-6

Laferton, J. A. C., Fischer, S., Ebert, D. D., Stenzel, N., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). The effects of stress beliefs on daily affective stress responses. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54, 258–267. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaz046 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/hb8y6; Open data: https://osf.io/hdk26/]

Henkel, M., Zimmermann, J. Huber, D., Staats, H., & Benecke, C. (2020). Predictors of psychoanalytic technique: Results from a naturalistic longitudinal study. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 37, 128-135. doi: 10.1037/pap0000279

Di Sarno, M., Zimmermann, J., Madeddu, F., Casini, E., & Di Pierro, R. (2020). Shame behind the corner? A daily diary investigation of pathological narcissism. Journal of Research in Personality, 85, 103924. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103924

Wessels, N. M., Zimmermann, J., Biesanz, J., & Leising, D. (2020). Differential associations of knowing and liking with accuracy and positivity bias in person perception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,118, 149–171. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000218 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/5dg94]

2019

Löffler-Stastka, H., Sell, C., Zimmermann, J., Huber, D., & Klug, G. (2019). Is countertransference a valid source of clinical information? Investigating emotional responses to audiotaped psychotherapy sessions. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic,83, 353-375.doi: 10.1521/bumc_2019_83_02

Bleidorn, W., Hill, P. L., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hopwood, C. J., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., Zimmermann, J., & Roberts, B. (2019). The policy relevance of personality traits. American Psychologist, 74, 1056–1067. doi: 10.1037/amp0000503[Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/a9rbn]

Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (2019). Applied ambulatory assessment: Integrating idiographic and nomothetic principles of measurement. Psychological Assessment,31, 1467–1480. doi: 10.1037/pas0000685 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/6qc5x]

Ruggero, C. J., Kotov, R., Hopwood, C. J., First, M., Clark, L. A., Skodol, A. E., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Patrick, C. J., Bach, B., Cicero, D. C., Dochtery, A., Simms, L. J., Bagby, R. M., Krueger, R. F., Callahan, J. L., Chmielewski, M., Conway, C. C., DeClercq, B. J., Dornbach-Bender, A., Eaton, N. R., Forbes, M. K., Forbush, K. T., Haltigan, J. D., Miller, J. D., Morey, L. C., Patalay, P., Regier, D. A., Reininghaus, U., Shackman, A. J., Waszczuk, M. A., Watson, D., Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (2019). Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) into clinical practice. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87, 1069–1084. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000452 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/r2jt6]

Wendt, L. P., Wright, A. G. C., Pilkonis, P. A., Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., Montague, P. R., Benecke, C., Krieger, T., & Zimmermann, J. (2019). The latent structure of interpersonal problems: Validity of dimensional, categorical and hybrid models. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 823-839. doi: 10.1037/abn0000460 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/kcdev]

Zimmermann, J., Kerber, A., Rek, K., Hopwood, C. J., & Krueger, R. F. (2019). A brief but comprehensive review of research on the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports, 21, 92. doi: 10.1007/s11920-019-1079-z

Zander-Schellenberg, T.*, Remmers, C.*, Zimmermann, J., Thommen, S., & Lieb, R. (2019). It was intuitive, and it felt good: A daily diary study on how people feel when making decisions. Cognition and Emotion, 33, 1505-1513. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1570914 [* shared first authorship] [Open data: https://osf.io/bryzf/]

Widiger, T. A., Bach, B., Chmielewski, M., Clark, L. A., DeYoung, C., Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Miller, J. D., Morey, L. C., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Patrick, C. J., Pincus, A. L., Samuel, D. B., Sellbom, M., South, S. C., Tackett, J. L., Watson, D., Waugh, M. H., Wright, A. G. C., Zimmermann, J., Bagby, R. M., Cicero, D. C., Conway, C. C., De Clercq, B., Docherty, A. R., Eaton, N. R., Forbush, K. T., Haltigan, J. D., Ivanova, M. Y., Latzman, R. D., Lynam, D. R., Markon, K. E., Reininghaus, U., & Thomas, K. M. (2019). Criterion A of the AMPD in HiTOP. Journal of Personality Assessment, 101, 345-355. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2018.1465431

Conway, C. C., Forbes, M. K., Forbush, K. T., Fried, E. I., Hallquist, M. N., Kotov, R., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Shackman, A. J., Skodol, A. E., South, S. C., Sunderland, M., Waszczuk, M. A., Zald, D. H., Afzali, M. H., Bornovalova, M. A., Carragher, N., Docherty, A. R., Jonas, K. G., Krueger, R. F., Patalay, P., Pincus, A. L., Tackett, J. L., Reininghaus, U., Waldman, I. D., Wright, A. G. C., Zimmermann, J., Bach, B., Bagby, R. M., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D. C., Clark, L. A., Dalgleish, T., DeYoung, C. G., Hopwood, C. J., Ivanova, M. Y., Latzman, R. D., Patrick, C. J., Ruggero, C. J., Samuel, D. B., Watson, D., & Eaton, N. R. (2019). A hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology can transform mental health research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14, 419-436. doi: 10.1177/1745691618810696 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/wsygp]

Zimmermann, J., Woods, W. C., Ritter, S., Happel, M., Masuhr, O., Jaeger, U., Spitzer, C., & Wright, A. G. C. (2019). Integrating structure and dynamics in personality assessment: First steps toward the development and validation of a personality dynamics diary. Psychological Assessment, 31, 516-531. doi: 10.1037/pas0000625 [Preprint: doi: 10.31234/osf.io/5zcth]

Mollenhauer, B., Zimmermann, J., Sixel-Döring, F., Focke, N. K., Wicke, T., Ebentheuer, J., Schaumburg, M., Lang, E., Friede, T., & Trenkwalder, C. (2019). Baseline predictors for progression 4 years after Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the De Novo Parkinson Cohort (DeNoPa). Movement Disorders, 34, 67-77. doi: 10.1002/mds.27492

Henkel, M., Zimmermann, J., Huber, D., Staats, H., Wiegand-Grefe, S., Taubner, S., Frommer, J., & Benecke, C. (2019). Patient characteristics in psychodynamic psychotherapies. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 36, 1-8. doi: 10.1037/pap0000165

grosse Holtforth, M., Krieger, T., Zimmermann, J., Altenstein-Yamanaka, D., Dörig, N., Meisch, L., & Hayes, A. M. (2019). A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression with integrated techniques from emotion-focused and exposure therapies. Psychotherapy Research, 29, 30-44. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2017.1397796

2018

Kampe, L., Zimmermann, J., Bender, D. S., Caligor, E., Borowski, A.-L., Ehrenthal, J. C., Benecke, C., & Hörz-Sagstetter, S. (2018). Comparison of the Structured DSM-5 Clinical Interview for the Level of Personality Functioning Scale with the Structured Interview of Personality Organization. Journal of Personality Assessment, 100, 642-649. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2018.1489257

Bender, D. S., Zimmermann, J., & Huprich, S. K. (2018). Introduction to the special series on the personality functioning component of the Alternative DSM–5 Model for Personality Disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 100, 565-570. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2018.1491856

Leising, D., Scherbaum, S., Packmohr, P., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Substance and evaluation in personality disorder diagnoses. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32, 766-783. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2017_31_324

Remmers, C., Zimmermann, J., Buxton, A., Unger, H.-P., Koole, S. L., Knaevelsrud, C., & Michalak, J. (2018). Emotionally aligned: Preliminary results on the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention for depression on congruence between implicit and explicit mood. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 25, 818-826. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2317

Benecke, C., Henkel, M., Doering, S., Jakobsen, T., Stasch, M., Dahlbender, R., Alhabbo, S., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Der OPD-Konfliktfragebogen [The OPD conflict questionnaire]. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 64, 380–393. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2018.64.4.380

Krueger, R. F., Kotov, R., Watson, D., Forbes, M. K., Eaton, N. R., Ruggero, C. J., Simms, L. J., Widiger, T. A., Achenbach, T. M., Bach, B., Bagby, R. M., Bornovalova, M. A., Carpenter, W. T., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D. C., Clark, L. A., Conway, C., DeClercq, B., DeYoung, C. G., Docherty, A. R., Drislane, L. E., First, M. B., Forbush, K. T., Hallquist, M., Haltigan, J. D., Hopwood, C. J., Ivanova, M. Y., Jonas, K. G., Latzman, R. D., Markon, K. E., Miller, J. D., Morey, L. C., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Ormel, J., Patalay, P., Patrick, C. J., Pincus, A. L., Regier, D. A., Reininghaus, U., Rescorla, L. A., Samuel, D. B., Sellbom, M., Shackman, A. J., Skodol, A., Slade, T., South, S. C., Sunderland, M., Tackett, J. L., Venables, N. C., Waldman, I. D., Waszczuk, M. A., Waugh, M. H., Wright, A. G. C., Zald, D. H., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology. World Psychiatry, 17, 282–293. doi: 10.1002/wps.20566

Henkel, M., Zimmermann, J., & Benecke, C. (2018). Psychoanalytic techniques in different psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapies: An analysis of therapists‘ self-reports. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 64, 237-249. doi:10.13109/zptm.2018.64.3.237

Yoon, D., Krüppel, J., Mokros, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Dimensionale Ansätze zur Diagnostik von Antisozialer Persönlichkeitsstörung und Psychopathie [Dimensional approaches to the assessment of antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy]. Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie, Kriminologie, 12, 217-228. doi: 10.1007/s11757-018-0487-y

Beierle, F., Tran, V. T., Allemand, M., Neff, P., Schlee, W., Probst, T., Pryss, R., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Context data categories and privacy model for mobile data collection apps. Procedia Computer Science, 134, 18–25. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2018.07.139

Greiff, S., Molnár, G., Martin, R., Zimmermann, J., & Csapó, B. (2018). Students’ exploration strategies in complex problem environments: A latent class approach. Computers & Education, 126, 248-263. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2018.07.013

Steinke, S. S., Trenkwalder, C., Zimmermann, J., Sixel-Döring, F., & Muntean, M.-L. (2018). Polysomnographic findings in restless legs syndrome (RLS) patients with severe augmentation. Sleep Medicine, 48, 79–85. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2018.04.010

Beierle, F., Tran, V. T., Allemand, M., Neff, P., Schlee, W., Probst, T., Pryss, R. C., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). TYDR – Track Your Daily Routine: Android App for Tracking Smartphone Sensor and Usage Data. MOBILESoft ’18: 5th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems, 72-75. doi:10.1145/3197231.3197235

Henkel, M., Zimmermann, J., Künecke, J., Remmers, C., & Benecke, C. (2018). Same same but different: Das Potential der Operationalisierten Psychodynamischen Diagnostik für ein differenziertes Verständnis von Persönlichkeitsstörungen [Same same but different: The potential of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis for a differentiated understanding of personality disorders]. Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 66, 107-117. doi: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000346

Ebert, D. D., Buntrock, C., Reins, J. A., Zimmermann, J., & Cuijpers, P. (2018). Efficacy and moderators of psychological interventions in treating subclinical symptoms of depression and preventing major depressive disorder onsets: Protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open, 8, e018582. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018582

Henkel, M., Zimmermann, J., Huber, D., Frommer, J., Staats, H., & Benecke, C. (2018). Patientencharakteristika in psychoanalytischen Ausbildungsambulanzen und Praxen. Forum der Psychoanalyse, 34, 99-111. doi: 10.1007/s00451-017-0285-8

Brakemeier, E.-L., Dobias, J., Hertel, J., Bohus, M., Limberger, M. F., Schramm, E., Radtke, M., Frank, P., Padberg, F., Sabass, L., Jobst, A., Jacob, G. A., Struck, N., Zimmermann, J., & Normann, N. (2018). Childhood maltreatment in women with borderline personality disorder, chronic depression, episodic depression, and in healthy controls. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 87, 49-51. doi: 10.1159/000484481

Zimmermann, J., Schindler, S., Klaus, G., & Leising, D. (2018). The effect of dislike on accuracy and bias in person perception. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 9, 80-88. doi: 10.1177/1948550617703167 [Open data: https://osf.io/6vpk8/]

Simon, J. J., Zimmermann, J., Cordeiroa, S. A., Maréea, I., Garde, D. E., Friederich, H.-C., Weisbrod, M., & Kaiser, S. (2018). Psychometric evaluation of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale (TEPS) in a German sample. Psychiatry Research, 260, 138–143. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.11.060

2017

Scherg, N., Karcher, A., Zimmermann, J., & Hörz-Sagstetter, S. (2017). Beeinflusst das Strukturniveau den Erfolg tagesklinischer Behandlung? Ergebnisse einer Längsschnittuntersuchung [Does personality organization influence day clinic treatment success? Results of a longitudinal study]. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie,67, 491-494. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-117603

Huber, D., Zimmermann, J., & Klug, G. (2017). Change in personality functioning during psychotherapy for depression predicts long-term outcome. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 34, 434-445. doi: 10.1037/pap0000129

Thielmann, I., Zimmermann, J., Leising, D., & Hilbig, B. E. (2017). Seeing is knowing: On the predictive accuracy of self- and informant reports for prosocial and moral behaviors. European Journal of Personality, 31, 404-418. doi: 10.1002/per.2112

Probst, T., Pryss, R. C., Langguth, B., Rauschecker, J. P., Schobel, J., Reichert, M., Spiliopoulou, M., Schlee, W.*, & Zimmermann, J.* (2017). Does tinnitus depend on time-of-day? An ecological momentary assessment study with the “TrackYourTinnitus” application. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 9, 253. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00253 [* shared senior authorship]

Brakemeier, E.-L., Zimmermann, J., Erz, E., Bollmann, S., Rump, S., von Kempski, V., Grossmüller, T., Mitelman, A., Gehrisch, J., Spies, J., Storck, T., & Schouler-Ocak, M. (2017). Interpersonelles Integratives Modellprojekt für Geflüchtete mit psychischen Störungen: Vorstellung des Projekts und erster Ergebnisse zu „Feasibility“ und Outcome [Interpersonal integrative pilot project for refugees with mental disorders: Presentation of the project and initial results on feasibility and outcome]. Psychotherapeut, 62, 322–332. doi: 10.1007/s00278-017-0211-y

Altenstein-Yamanaka, D., Zimmermann, J., Krieger, T., Doerig, N., & grosse Holtforth, M. (2017). Self-reported interpersonal problems and impact messages as perceived by significant others are differentially associated with the process and outcome of depression therapy. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 64, 410-423.doi: 10.1037/cou0000221

Dinger, U., Zimmermann, J., Masuhr, O., & Spitzer, C. (2017). Therapist effects on outcome and alliance in inpatient psychotherapy: the contribution of patients' symptom severity. Psychotherapy, 54, 167-174. doi: 10.1037/pst0000059

Zimmermann, J., Brockmeyer, T., Hunn, M., Schauenburg, H., & Wolf, M. (2017). First-person pronoun use in spoken language as a predictor of future depressive symptoms: Preliminary evidence from a clinical sample of depressed patients. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy,24, 384–391. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2006

Zimmermann, J.*, Mayer, A.*, Leising, D., Krieger, T., grosse Holtforth, M., & Pretsch, J. (2017). Exploring occasion specificity in the assessment of DSM-5 maladaptive personality traits: A latent state-trait analysis. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 33, 47-54. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000271 [* shared first authorship]

Zimmermann, J.*, & Wright, A. G. C.* (2017). Beyond description in interpersonal construct validation: Methodological advances in the circumplex structural summary approach. Assessment, 24, 3–23. doi: 10.1177/1073191115621795 [* shared first authorship]

2016

Wessels, N. M., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D. (2016). Toward a shared understanding of important consequences of personality. Review of General Psychology, 20, 426–436. doi: 10.1037/gpr0000088

Zimmermann, J., Schwarzer, I., Masuhr, O., Jaeger, U., Spitzer, C., & Wright, A. G. C. (2016). Tägliches Erleben im stationären Setting: Eine Tagebuchstudie zum Einfluss psychoanalytisch-interaktioneller Gruppentherapie [Daily experiences in an inpatient setting: A daily diary study exploring the effects of psychoanalytic-interactional group therapy]. Psychodynamische Psychotherapie, 15, 219–232. Link

Muntean, M.-L., Benes, H., Sixel-Döring, F., Chaudhuri, K. R., Suzuki, K., Hirata, K., Zimmermann, J., & Trenkwalder, C. (2016). Clinically relevant cut-off values for the parkinson's disease sleep scale-2 (PDSS-2): a validation study. Sleep Medicine, 24, 87–92. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.06.026

Sixel-Döring, F., Zimmermann, J., Wegener, A., Mollenhauer, B., & Trenkwalder, C. (2016). The evolution of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder in early Parkinson’s disease. Sleep, 39, 1737–1742. doi: 10.5665/sleep.6102

Benecke, C., Huber, D., Staats, H., Zimmermann, J., Henkel, M., Deserno, H., Wiegand-Grefe, S., & Schauenburg, H. (2016). A comparison of psychoanalytic therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety (panic/agoraphobia) and personality disorders (APD study): Presentation of the RCT study design. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 62, 252-269. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2016.62.3.252

Mollenhauer, B., Zimmermann, J., Sixel-Döring, F., Focke, N. K., Wicke, T., Ebentheuer, J., Schaumburg, M., Lang, E., Trautmann, E., Zetterberg, H., Taylor, P., Friede, T., & Trenkwalder, C. (2016). Monitoring of 30 marker candidates in early Parkinson disease as progression markers. Neurology, 87, 168-177. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002651

Leising, D., Locke, K., Kurzius, E., & Zimmermann, J. (2016). Quantifying the association of self-enhancement bias with self-ratings of personality and life satisfaction. Assessment, 23, 588-602. doi: 10.1177/1073191115590852

Gebhardt, C., Zimmermann, J., Peham, D., Bock, A., Mitte, K., & Benecke, C. (2016). Written on the face: Self- and expert-rated impairments in personality functioning are differently related to the expression of disgust toward an interviewer. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30, 408-418. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2015_29_199

Klug, G., Zimmermann, J., & Huber, D. (2016). Outcome trajectories and mediation in psychotherapeutic treatments of major depression. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 64, 307-343.doi: 10.1177/0003065116644742

2015

Zimmermann, J., Löffler-Stastka, H., Huber, D., Klug, G., Alhabbo, S., Bock, A., & Benecke, C. (2015). Is it all about the higher dose? Why psychoanalytic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for major depression.Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 22, 469–487. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1917

Peham, D., Bock, A., Schiestl, C., Zimmermann, J., Kratzer, D., Dahlbender, R., Biebl, W., & Benecke, C. (2015). Facial affective behavior in mental disorder. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 39, 371-396. doi: 10.1007/s10919-015-0216-6

Brockmeyer, T., Zimmermann, J., Kulessa, D., Hautzinger, M., Bents, H., Friederich, H.-C., Herzog, W., & Backenstrass, M. (2015). Me, myself, and I: Self-referent word use as an indicator of self-focused attention and its link to depression and anxiety. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01564

Krieger, T., Hermann, H., Zimmermann, J., & grosse Holtforth, M. (2015). The associations of trait self-compassion and global self-esteem with daily affect and stress reactivity: A smartphone study. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 288-292. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.009

Fischer-Kern, M., Doering, S., Taubner, S., Hörz, S., Zimmermann, J., Rentrop, M., Schuster, P., Buchheim, P., & Buchheim, A. (2015). Transference-focused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: Change in reflective function. British Journal of Psychiatry,207, 173-174. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.143842

Zimmermann, J., Böhnke, J. R., Eschstruth, R., Mathews, A., Wenzel, K., & Leising, D. (2015). The latent structure of personality functioning: Investigating Criterion A from the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders in DSM-5. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 532-548. doi: 10.1037/abn0000059

Hopwood, C. J., Zimmermann, J., Pincus, A. L., & Krueger, R. F. (2015). Connecting personality structure and dynamics: Towards a more evidence based and clinically useful diagnostic scheme. Journal of Personality Disorders, 29, 431-448. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2015.29.4.431

Zimmermann, J., Brakemeier, E.-L., & Benecke, C. (2015). Alternatives DSM-5 Modell zur Klassifikation von Persönlichkeitsstörungen: Bezüge zu psychodynamischer und verhaltenstherapeutischer Diagnostik [Alternative DSM-5 model for the classification of personality disorder: Links to assessment approaches in psychodynamic and behavior therapy]. Psychotherapeut, 60, 269-279. doi: 10.1007/s00278-015-0033-8

Spitzer, C., Masuhr, O., Jaeger, U., Brünig, S., Dally, A., Fricke-Neef, C., Dinger, U., & Zimmermann, J. (2015). Rolle der Bezugstherapeuten in der stationären Psychotherapie: Klinische Beobachtungsstudie zur Bedeutung für den symptombezogenen Behandlungserfolg [Role of relational therapists in inpatient psychotherapy: Clinical observational study on the importance for symptom-related treatment outcome]. Psychotherapeut, 60, 302-309.doi: 10.1007/s00278-015-0016-9

Brockmeyer, T., Grosse Holtforth, M., Krieger, T., Altenstein, D., Doerig, N., Zimmermann, J., Backenstrass, M., Friederich, H.-C., & Bents, H. (2015). Preliminary evidence for a nexus between rumination, behavioural avoidance, motive satisfaction, and depression. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 22, 232–239. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1885

Leising, D., Scherbaum, S., Locke, K., & Zimmermann, J. (2015). A model of “substance” and “evaluation” in person judgments. Journal of Research in Personality,57, 61–71. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.04.002

Pfeiffer, N., Brockmeyer, T., Zimmermann, J., & Backenstrass, M. (2015). The temporal dynamics of cognitive reactivity and their association with the depression risk: An exploratory study. Psychopathology, 48, 114-119. doi: 10.1159/000368782

Zimmermann, J., Benecke, C., Hörz-Sagstetter, S., & Dammann, G. (2015). Normierung der deutschsprachigen 16-Item-Version des Inventars der Persönlichkeitsorganisation (IPO-16) [Standardization of a German 16-item-version of the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO-16)]. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 61, 5-18. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2015.61.1.5

Zimmermann, J., Dahlbender, R. W., Herbold, W., Krasnow, K., Meiwes Turrión, C., Zika, M., & Spitzer, C. (2015). Der OPD-Strukturfragebogen erfasst die allgemeinen Merkmale einer Persönlichkeitsstörung [The OPD Structure Questionnaire captures the general features of personality disorder]. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie, 65, 81-83.doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1395626

Brakemeier, E.-L., Radtke, M., Engel, V., Zimmermann, J., Tuschen-Caffier, B., Hautzinger, M., Schramm, E., Berger, M., & Normann, C. (2015). Overcoming treatment-resistance in chronic depression: A pilot study on outcome and feasibility of the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy as an inpatient treatment program. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 84, 51-56. doi: 10.1159/000369586

Dinger, U.*, Barrett, M. S.*, Zimmermann, J., Schauenburg, H., Wright, A. G. C., Renner, F., Zilcha-Mano, S., & Barber, J. P. (2015). Interpersonal problems, dependency and self-criticism in major depressive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71, 93-104. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22120 [* shared first authorship]

2014

Leising, D. & Zimmermann, J. (2014). Diagnostik von Persönlichkeitsstörungen – alles auf Anfang? Report Psychologie, 39, 346-357. Link

Cropp, C., Zimmermann, J., & Streeck-Fischer, A. (2014). Traumatisierungen in der Entwicklung: Unterschiedliche Verläufe stationärer Psychotherapie bei jugendlichen Patienten mit und ohne Traumatisierung [Developmental trauma – differences between the course of inpatient treatment in adolescent patients with or without trauma history]. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie, 64, 328-335. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1374594

Zimmermann, J., Altenstein, D., Krieger, T., Grosse Holtforth, M., Pretsch, J., Alexopoulos, J., Spitzer, C., Benecke, C., Krueger, R. F., Markon, K. E., & Leising, D. (2014). The structure and correlates of self-reported DSM-5 maladaptive personality traits: Findings from two German-speaking samples. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28, 518-540. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2014_28_130

Krieger, T., Zimmermann, J., Beutel, M. E., Wiltink, J., Schauenburg, H., & Grosse Holtforth, M. (2014). Ein Vergleich verschiedener Kurzversionen des Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ) zur Erhebung von Selbstkritik und Abhängigkeit [A comparison of different short-versions of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ) for the assessment of self-criticism and dependency]. Diagnostica, 60, 126-139. doi: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000105

Zimmermann, J., Benecke, C., Bender, D. S., Skodol, A. E., Schauenburg, H., Cierpka, M., & Leising, D. (2014). Assessing DSM-5 Level of Personality Functioning from videotaped clinical interviews: A pilot study with untrained and clinically inexperienced students. Journal of Personality Assessment, 96, 397-409.doi: 10.1080/00223891.2013.852563

Zimmermann, J., Masuhr, O., Jaeger, U., Leising, D., Benecke, C., & Spitzer, C. (2014). Maladaptive Persönlichkeitseigenschaften gemäß DSM-5: Zusammenhänge mit psychischer Belastung und ICD-10 Diagnosen in einer klinischen Stichprobe [Maladaptive personality traits according to DSM-5: Associations with distress and ICD-10 diagnoses in a clinical sample]. Persönlichkeitsstörungen: Theorie und Therapie, 18, 46-58.

Krieger, T., Zimmermann, J., Huffziger, S., Ubl, B., Diener, C., Kuehner, C.*, & Grosse Holtforth, M.* (2014). Measuring depression with a well-being index: Further evidence for the validity of the WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5) as a measure of the severity of depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 156, 240–244. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.12.015 [* shared senior authorship]

Zimmermann, J., Stasch, M., Grande, T., Schauenburg, H., & Cierpka, M. (2014). Der Beziehungsmuster-Q-Sort (OPD-BQS): Ein Selbsteinschätzungsinstrument zur Erfassung von dysfunktionalen Beziehungsmustern auf Grundlage der Operationalisierten Psychodynamischen Diagnostik [Maladaptive Interpersonal Patterns Q-Sort (MIPQS): A self-report method for assessing maladaptive interpersonal patterns based on Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis]. Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 62, 43-53. doi: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000177

2013

Leising, D., Borkenau, P., Zimmermann, J., Roski, C., Leonhardt, A., & Schütz, A. (2013). Positive self-regard and claim to leadership: Two fundamental forms of self-evaluation. European Journal of Personality, 27, 565-579. doi: 10.1002/per.1924

Taubner, S., White, L. O., Zimmermann, J., Fonagy, P., & Nolte, T. (2013). Attachment-related mentalization moderates the relationship between psychopathic traits and proactive aggression in adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41, 929-938. doi: 10.1007/s10802-013-9736-x

Zimmermann, J., Benecke, C., Bender, D. S., Skodol, A. E., Krueger, R. F., & Leising, D. (2013). Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik im DSM-5 [Personality assessment in DSM-5]. Psychotherapeut, 58, 455-465. doi: 10.1007/s00278-013-1009-1

Taubner, S., Zimmermann, J., Kächele, H., Möller, H., & Sell, C. (2013). The relationship of introject affiliation and personal therapy to trainee self-efficacy: A longitudinal study among psychotherapy trainees. Psychotherapy, 50, 167-177. doi: 10.1037/a0029819

Leising, D., Ostrovski, O., & Zimmermann, J. (2013). "Are we talking about the same person here?" Inter-rater agreement in judgments of personality varies dramatically with how much the perceivers like the targets. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 468-474. doi: 10.1177/1948550612462414

Taubner, S., Hörz, S., Fischer-Kern, M., Doering, S., Buchheim, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2013). Internal structure of the Reflective Functioning Scale. Psychological Assessment, 25, 127-135. doi: 10.1037/a0029138

Zimmermann, J., Wolf, M., Bock, A., Peham, D., & Benecke, C. (2013). The way we refer to ourselves reflects how we relate to others: Associations between first-person pronoun use and interpersonal problems. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 218-225. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.01.008

Zimmermann, J., Benecke, C., Hörz, S., Rentrop, M., Peham, D., Bock, A., Wallner, T., Schauenburg, H., Frommer, J., Huber, D., Clarkin, J. F., & Dammann, G. (2013). Validierung einer deutschsprachigen 16-Item-Version des Inventars der Persönlichkeitsorganisation (IPO-16) [Validity of a German 16-item-version of the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO-16)]. Diagnostica, 59, 3-16. doi: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000076

2012

Zimmermann, J., Ehrenthal, J. C., Cierpka, M., Schauenburg, H., Doering, S., & Benecke, C. (2012). Assessing the level of structural integration using Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD): Implications for DSM-5. Journal of Personality Assessment, 94, 522-532. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2012.700664

Huber, D., Zimmermann, J., Henrich, G., & Klug, G. (2012). Comparison of cognitive-behavior therapy with psychoanalytic and psychodynamic therapy for depressed patients: A three-year follow-up study. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 58, 299-316. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2012.58.3.299

Brockmeyer, T., Pfeiffer, N., Grosse Holtforth, M., Zimmermann, J., Kämmerer, A., Friederich, H.-C., & Bents, H. (2012). Mood regulation and cognitive reactivity in depression vulnerability. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 36, 634-642. doi: 10.1007/s10608-011-9406-7

Freund, H., Zimmermann, J., Pfeiffer, N., Conradi, A., Hunger, C., Riedel, F., Boysen, F., Schwinn, L., Rost, R., Cierpka, M., & Kämmerer, A. (2012). Wie lässt sich der Einfluss von Kultur auf Erleben und Verhalten messen? Konzeptuelle und empirische Einführung einer multidimensionalen Kultur-Fragebogenbatterie [Measuring the influence of culture on mental processes and behaviour: A conceptual and empirical introduction of a multi-dimensional questionnaire on cultural variables]. Diagnostica, 58, 53-63. doi: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000045

2011

Leising, D., & Zimmermann, J. (2011). An integrative conceptual framework for assessing personality and personality pathology. Review of General Psychology, 15, 317-330. doi: 10.1037/a0025070.

Buchkapitel

Simms, L. J., Wright, A. G. C., Cicero, D., Kotov, R., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Sellbom, M., Watson, D., Widiger, T. A., & Zimmermann, J. (2023). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) approach to assessment: Summary of the first phase of the HiTOP Self-Report measure development project. In J. Mihura (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment (2nd ed.). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190092689.013.4

Zimmermann, J., & Hopwood, C. J., & Krueger, R. F. (2023). The DSM-5 level of personality functioning scale. In R. F. Krueger & P. H. Blaney (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology (4th ed., pp. 579-603). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780197542521.003.0025

Freilich, C. D., Krueger, R. F., Hobbs, K. A., Hopwood, C. J., & Zimmermann, J. (2023). The DSM-5 maladaptive trait model for personality disorders. In R. F. Krueger & P. H. Blaney (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology (4th ed., pp. 604-627). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780197542521.003.0026

Remmers, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Angstproblematiken: Dimensionale Betrachtung und Einbettung in die Persönlichkeit. PiD - Psychotherapie im Dialog, 23, 40-44. doi: 10.1055/a-1686-1628

Hopwood, C. J., Fox, S., Bender, D. S., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). The core self/other dimension of personality functioning. In J. Mihura (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology Assessment (2nd ed.). doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190092689.013.5

Happel, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2019). Klinische Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik anhand eines standardisierten Tagebuchs [Clinical personality assessment using a standardized daily diary]. Ärztliche Psychotherapie, 14, 46-52. Link

Rek, K., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Diagnostische Verfahren zum alternativen DSM-5-Modell [Assessment instruments based on the Alternative DSM-5 Model]. In: G. Berberich, M. Zaudig, C. Benecke, H. Saß, & J. Zimmermann (Eds.). Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Update zu Theorie und Therapie (pp. 120-131). Stuttgart: Schattauer.

Skodol, A. E., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Der Übergang zu einem dimensionalen Modell: das alternative DSM-5-Modell [Transitioning to a dimensional model: the Alternative DSM-5 Model]. In: G. Berberich, M. Zaudig, C. Benecke, H. Saß, & J. Zimmermann (Eds.). Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Update zu Theorie und Therapie (pp. 42-52). Stuttgart: Schattauer.

Zimmermann, J., Rugenstein, K., & Munder, T. (2018). Beziehungsdiagnostik. In: A. Gumz & S. Hörz-Sagstetter (Eds.). Psychodynamische Psychotherapie in der Praxis (pp. 253-264). Weinheim: Beltz.

Krieger, T., Hänggli, M., grosse Holtforth, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Personality and depression. In: V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2106-1

Hengartner, M. P., Zimmermann, J., & Wright, A. G. C. (2018). Personality pathology. In: V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences. Volume 3: Applications of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 3-35).doi: 10.4135/9781526451248.n1

Krumm, S., Detel, S., Schröder-Abé, M., Ziegler, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Berufliche Eignungstests. In: D. B. Maehler, A. Shajek & H. U. Brinkmann (Eds.). Diagnostik bei Migrantinnen und Migranten (pp. 339-390). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Zimmermann, J., & Benecke, C. (2017). Diagnostik von Persönlichkeitsstörungen und die Erweiterungen nach DSM-5. In: E.-L. Brakemeier & F. Jacobi (Eds.), Verhaltenstherapie in der Praxis (pp. 180-189). Weinheim: Beltz.

Dammann, G., Zimmermann, J., Hörz-Sagstetter, S., & Benecke, C. (2016). Inventar der Persönlichkeitsorganisation. In K. Geue, B. Strauß, & E. Brähler (Eds.), Diagnostische Verfahren in der Psychotherapie (3rd ed., pp. 288-293). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Wright, A. G. C.*, & Zimmermann, J.* (2015). At the nexus of science and practice: Answering basic clinical questions in personality disorder assessment and diagnosis with quantitative modeling techniques. In S. K. Huprich (Ed.), Personality disorders: Toward theoretical and empirical integration in diagnosis and assessment (pp. 109-144). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi: 10.1037/14549-006 [* shared first authorship]

Zimmermann, J. (2014). Paradigmenwechsel in der Klassifikation von Persönlichkeitsstörungen: Die neuen Modelle in DSM-5 und ICD-11 [Paradigm shift in the classification of personality disorder: The new models in DSM-5 and ICD-11]. PiD - Psychotherapie im Dialog, 15, e1-e10. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1388629

Bücher

Berberich, G., Zaudig, M., Benecke, C., Saß, H., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Update zu Theorie und Therapie. Stuttgart: Schattauer.

Sonstige Veröffentlichungen (Kommentare, Leserbriefe, Konferenzbeiträge etc.)

Zimmermann, J. (2022). Beyond defending or abolishing Criterion A: Comment on Morey et al. (2022). Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(4), 321–324. doi: 10.1037/per0000561[Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/ypg4b/]

Kaiser, T., Herzog, P., Lutz, W., Rief, W., Brakemeier, E., & Zimmermann, J. (2021, August 3). The distinction between psychometric and clinimetric approaches will not move the field forward. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/q5efb

Bleidorn, W., Hill, P. L., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hopwood, C. J., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., Zimmermann, J., & Roberts, B. (2020). Why stop at two opinions? – A reply to McCrae (2020). American Psychologist, 75, 731–732. doi: 10.1037/amp0000676

Schmidt-Atzert, L., Künecke, J. & Zimmermann, J. (2019). TBS-DTK Rezension: „PRECIRE JobFit“. Report Psychologie, 44, 19–21.

Hopwood, C. J., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Widiger, T. A., Althoff, R. R., Ansell, E. B., Bach, B., Bagby, R. M., Bornovalova, M. A., Blais, M. A., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D. C., Conway, C., De Clerq, B., De Fruyt, F., Docherty, A. R., Eaton, N. R., Edens, J. F., Forbes, M. K., Forbush, K. T., Hengartner, M. P., Ivanova, M. Y, Leising, D., Lukowitsky, M. R., Lynam, D. R., Markon, K. E., Miller, J. D., Morey, L. C., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Ormel, J. H., Patrick, C. J., Pincus, A. L., Ruggero, C., Samuel, D. B., Sellbom, M., Tackett, J. L., Thomas, K. M., Trull, T. J., Vachon, D. D., Waldman, I. D., Waszczuk, M. A., Waugh, M. H., Wright, A. G. C., Yalch, M. M., Zald, D. H., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Comment on “The challenge of transforming the diagnostic system for personality disorders”. Journal of Personality Disorders, 34 (Supplement C), 1-4.doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_00

Benecke, C., Remmers, C., Henkel, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). Oops, I did it again: The role of motivational conflicts and impaired psychological capacities in explaining the persistence of maladaptive behaviour. European Journal of Personality, 32, 530-531. doi: 10.1002/per.2174

Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Widiger, T. A., Althoff, R. R., Ansell, E. B., Bach, B., Bagby, R. M., Blais, M. A., Bornovalova, M. A., Chmielewski, M., Cicero, D. C., Conway, C., De Clerq, B., De Fruyt, F., Docherty, A. R., Eaton, N. R., Edens, J. F., Forbes, M. K., Forbush, K. T., Hengartner, M. P., Ivanova, M. Y., Leising, D., Livesley, W. J., Lukowitsky, M. R., Lynam, D. R., Markon, K. E., Miller, J. D., Morey, L. C., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N., Ormel, J. H., Patrick, C. J., Pincus, A. L., Ruggero, C., Samuel, D. B., Sellbom, M., Slade, T., Tackett, J. L., Thomas, K. M., Trull, T. J., Vachon, D. D., Waldman, I. D., Waszczuk, M. A., Waugh, M. H., Wright, A. G. C., Yalch, M. M., Zald, D. H., & Zimmermann, J. (2018). The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis. Personality and Mental Health, 12, 82–86. doi: 10.1002/pmh.1408

Seybert, C., Huber, D., Ratzek, M., Zimmermann, J., & Klug, G. (2014). How to capture emotional processing in a process-outcome study of psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 62, NP4-NP8. doi: 10.1177/0003065114539840

Zimmermann, J. (2014). Assessing the DSM-5 Level of Personality Functioning and the OPD Level of Structural Integration Amounts to the Same Thing. European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD) Newsletter, 3(1), 9-10. 

Löffler-Stastka, H., Hau, C., Zimmermann, J., Klug, G., Benecke, C., & Huber, D. (2013). Psychoanalyse, psychoanalytisch orientierte Psychotherapie und kognitive Verhaltenstherapie bei Depressionen. Die Rolle des Psychotherapeuten – ein Vergleich. Jatros Neurologie & Psychiatrie, 6, 18-20.

Taubner, S., White, L. O., Zimmermann, J., Fonagy, P., & Nolte, T. (2012). Mentalization moderates and mediates the link between psychopathy and aggressive behavior in male adolescents. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 60, 605-612. doi: 10.1177/0003065112450148

Zimmermann, J., Wolf, M., Cierpka, M., Bock, A., Peham, D., & Benecke, C. (2010). Interpersonal implications of pronoun use: Evidence from psychodynamic interviews with female inpatients. Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research (SITAR) Newsletter, 11 (1), 3-7. PDF

Zimmermann, J., Ehrenthal, J. C., Hörz, S., Rentrop, M., Rost, R., Schauenburg, H., Schneider, W., Waage, M., & Cierpka, M. (2010). Neue Validierungsstudien zur Operationalisierten Psychodynamischen Diagnostik (OPD-2) [New validation studies on Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-2)]. Psychotherapeut, 55, 69-73. doi: 10.1007/s00278-009-0717-z

Mitgliedschaften

Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research (SITAR)

Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) Task Force

The German Psychological Society (DGPs)

Hierarchical Taxonomy Of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Initiative

Personality Change Consortium (PCC)

Verantwortliche Tätigkeiten an der Universität Kassel

Vertreter des Vorstands der Graduiertenakademie (seit 12-2018)

Nachwuchsbeautragter des FB 1 Humanwissenschaften (seit 11-2018)

Geschäftsführender Direktor des Instituts für Psychologie (seit 10-2024, sowie 10-2021 bis 09-2022)

Frühere Tätigkeiten an der Universität Kassel

Mitglied des Prüfungsausschuss Psychologie (09-2018 bis 09-2022)

Mitglied der Ethik-Kommission des FB 1 Humanwissenschaften (10-2018 bis 09-2021)

Vorsitzender des Prüfungsausschuss Psychologie (04-2019 bis 09-2021)

Stellvertretender Direktor des Instituts für Psychologie (04-2023 bis 09-2024)

Associate editor

Journal of Personality Assessment (May 2016 - November 2022)

Consulting editor

Assessment (science March 2021)

Clinical Psychological Science (science January 2021)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences Section (since January 2021)

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment (since January 2021)

European Journal of Personality (since January 2021)

Psychological Assessment (since January 2019)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment (July 2017 – December 2021)

Social Psychological and Personality Science  (July 2019 – August 2020)

Journal of Personality Assessment (January 2012 – April 2016)

Ad hoc reviewer

American Psychologist, Assessment, Behavior Therapy, BMC Medicine, BMC Psychology, Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, Development and Psychopathology, Diagnostica, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, European Journal of Personality, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, European Psychiatry, Forum der Psychoanalyse, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, Journal of Individual Differences, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal of Personality Disorders, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Mental Health and Prevention, Personality and Mental Health, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, PLOS ONE, Psyche, Psychiatry Research, Psychological Assessment, Psychopathology, Psychotherapie - Psychosomatik - Medizinische Psychologie, Psychotherapeut, Psychotherapy Research, Quality of Life Research, SAGE Open, Social Psychological and Personality Science, The Spanish Journal of Psychology, Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Special Section coordinator

“Assessment of Personality Change” (with Wiebke Bleidorn and Christopher Hopwood, to be published in Journal of Personality Assessment; https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2020.1826755)

“The Alternative Model for Personality Disorders” (with Donna Bender and Steven Huprich; published November 2018 in Journal of Personality Assessment)

“Personality dynamics underlying personality disorder and related psychopathologies” (with Christopher Hopwood and Robert F. Krueger; published August 2015 in Journal of Personality Disorders)