Jasmin Hutchinson | Springfield College

Jasmin Hutchinson

Jasmin Hutchinson

Professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies / Graduate program DIRECTOR FOR SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

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  • Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., 2004
  • Master of Science, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill., 1999
  • Bachelor of Science, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, England, 1998

Jasmin Hutchinson received her PhD in sport and exercise psychology from Florida State University in 2004. She is a professor of exercise science and director of graduate studies in sport and exercise psychology. She is a certified mental performance consultant through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and a certified exercise physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine. Her research interests center around psychophysiological aspects of exercise behavior and the effects of music during exercise. Hutchinson is a Fellow of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and was awarded the Sport and Exercise Psychology Paper of the Year by the American Psychological Association in 2018.

Research Interests
  • Effects of music in sport and exercise
  • Psychophysiology of exercise
  • Attentional focus during sport and exercise
  • Exercise behavior
Courses Taught
  • Special Topics in Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Exercise Psychology
  • Internship in Applied Sport Psychology
  • Stress Management
Certifications and Memberships
  • Fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology
  • American College of Sports Medicine - Certified Exercise Physiologist
  • Association for Applied Sport Psychology Certified Mental Performance Consultant
  • North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Member
  • European Federation of Sport Psychology, Member

Selected Works

Presentations
  • Schaffer, K., Meir, G., Hutchinson, J.C., Mullin, E. M., & Zakrajsek, R. (2020, October). How does she do it? Women in academia share their unique stories about finding their way in sport psychology. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Virtual.
  • Feit, A. & Hutchinson, J.C. (2020, October). The use of sport psychology techniques in collegiate strength and conditioning. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Virtual.
  • Jakob, E., Hutchinson, J.C., Smith, D., & Sotir, S. (2020, October). The psychological effects of taper on nonprofessional Ironman triathletes. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Virtual.
  • Hutchinson, J.C., Mullin, E.M, Mellano, K.T, Bird, J.M., & Karageorghis, C.I. (2020, October). Relationship between physical activity and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. New England American College of Sports Medicine, Virtual.
  • Taylor, B.A., Alhassan, S., Hutchinson, J.C., & Ward-Ritacco, C. (2018, November). Hidden Figures: Underappreciated Psychological and Social Factors that Influence Exercise Engagement. New England American College of Sports Medicine, Providence, RI.
  • Hutchinson, J.C., Zenko, Z, Dalton, P., & Santich, S. (2018, October). Affective Primes in Music-Video Can Positively Influence the Affective Experience of Exercise. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON.
  • Hutchinson, J.C. & Feit, A. (2018, October). Dual-Process Theories in Exercise and Sport. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON.
  • Pottratz, S., Hutchinson, J.C. & Mullin, E. (2018, October). The Influence of Affective Priming during Exercise on Affective Valence and Perceived Exertion. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Toronto, ON.
  • Zenko, Z., Khan, R., Hutchinson, J.C., & Jones, L. (2018, June). Nudging Beyond the Default: Prompting Exercisers to Increase Pleasure and Enjoyment Increases Experienced and Remembered Pleasure and Enjoyment. North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO.
  • Jones, L., Hutchinson, J.C., & Mullin, E. (2018, June). Exploring the Role of Trait Characteristics Underlying Variable Affective Responses to Exercise. North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO.
  • Zenko, Z. & Hutchinson, J.C. (2018, June). Decrease the intensity, increase the pleasure and enjoyment: Findings from a resistance training experiment. North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Denver, CO.
  • Moore, A., Hutchinson, J.C., Winter, C.R., Dalton, P., O’Neil, B.O., & Paolone, V. (2018, May). The Impact of Music and Attentional Focus on Muscular Activation. American College of Sports Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Hutchinson, J.C. & O’Neil, B.J. (2017, October). The Effects of Music on Recovery from Intense Exercise. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL.
  • Guarnieri, S. & Hutchinson, J.C. (2017, October). The Effect of Motivational Music and Task Intensity on Performance and Psychophysical Responses in Youth Swimmers. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL.
  • Christensen, D., Brewer, B.W., & Hutchinson, J.C. (2017, October). The Psychological Experience of Ultramarathon Running: A Multimodal Approach. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL.
  • Christensen, D., Hutchinson, J.C., & Brewer, B.W. (2017, October). “Literally like a party”: Social Aspects of Ultrarunning. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Orlando, FL.
  • Wooley, S.E., Dempsey, K., Matthews, T.D., Laguilles, R., Hutchinson, J.C., Rowe, D.A., & Headley, S. A. (2017). Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity among College Employees. American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO.
  • Hutchinson, J.C., O’Neil, B.O., & Cudworth, R. (2016, May). Effects of stimulative vs. sedative music on psychophysiological variables during active recovery from intense exercise. American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, MA.
  • Moore, A., Dalton, P., Hutchinson, J.C., Winter, C.R., & Paolone, V. (2016, May). The Effects of Exercise Modality on Pacing Strategy During Endurance Exercise. American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, MA.
  • Hutchinson, J.C., Beachy, E., Christensen, D., & Brewer, B.W. (2015, October). First Steps: A hands-on guide to establishing a successful Psyching Team. Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Hutchinson, J. C., Karageorghis, C. I., Black, J. D., & Pottratz, S. (2015, July). The Diabeates Project: Effects of music and music-video during exercise in a clinical setting. European Congress of Sport Psychology, Bern, Switzerland.

Publications
  • Hutchinson, J.C. (2021). Perceived effort and exertion. In Z. Zenko & L. Jones (Eds.) Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook. Society for the Transparency, Openness, and Replication in Kinesiology. https://doi.org/10.51124/B1012
  • Hutchinson, J.C., & Jones, L. (2020). Affect and music. In D. Hackfort & R.J. Schinke (Eds.). The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology: Volume 2: Applied and Practical Measures (pp. 21–36). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Pottratz, S., Hutchinson, J.C., Karageorghis, C.I., Mullin, E.M., & Zenko, Z. (2020). Prime movers: Effects of subliminal primes, music, and music-video on psychological responses to exercise. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(2), 112-122. doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa036
  • Zenko, Z., Kahn, R.M., Berman, C.J., Hutchinson, J.C., & Jones, L. (2020). Do exercisers maximize their pleasure by default? Using prompts to enhance the affective experience of exercise. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9(3),405-417. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000183
  • Hutchinson, J.C., Zenko, Z., Santich, S., & Dalton, P. C. (2020). Increasing the pleasure and enjoyment of exercise: A novel resistance training protocol. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 42, 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2019-0089
  • Hutchinson, J. C., & O'Neil, B. J. (2020). Effects of respite music during recovery between bouts of intense exercise. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9, 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000161
  • Hutchinson, J. C., & Tenenbaum, G. (2019). Perceived effort and exertion. In M. H. Anshel, S. J. Petruzzello, & E. E. Labbé (Eds.), APA Handbook of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Vol. 2. Exercise Psychology (p. 159–182). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000124-009
  • Hutchinson, J. C., & O'Neil, B. J. (2020). Effects of respite music during recovery between bouts of intense exercise. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 9, 102–114. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000161
  • Jones, L., Hutchinson, J.C., & Mullin, E. (2018). In the zone: An exploration of personal characteristics underlying variable affective responses to heavy exercise. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 40, 249-258. doi:10.1123/jsep.2017-0360. 
  • Hutchinson, J.C., Headley, S. A., Matthews, T.D., Spicer, G., Dempsey, K., Wooley, S.E., & Janssen, X. (2018). Changes in sitting time and sitting fragmentation after a workplace sedentary behavior intervention. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 15, 1148; doi:10.3390/ijerph15061148. 
  • Headley, S. A., Hutchinson, J.C., Wooley, S.E., Dempsey, K., Phan, K, Spicer, G. Laguilles, R., Janssen, X., & Matthews, T.D. (2018). Subjective and Objective Assessment of Sedentary Behavior among College Employees. BMC Public Health, 18(1):768. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5630-3.
  • Christensen, D. A., Brewer, B. W., & Hutchinson, J. C. (2018) Psychological Predictors of Performance in a 161 km Ultramarathon Run. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 49, 74-90.
  • Hutchinson, J. C., Jones, L., Vitti, S. N., Moore, A., Dalton, P. C., & O'Neil, B. J. (2018). The influence of self-selected music on affect-regulated exercise intensity and remembered pleasure during treadmill running. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 7(1), 80-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spy0000115.
  • Hutchinson, J. C. (2017). Running with Music. Journal of the American Medical Athletic Association, 30(1) 13-15.
  • Hutchinson, J. C., Karageorghis, C. I., & Black, J. D. (2017). The Diabeates Project: Perceptual, Affective and Psychophysiological Effects of Music and Music-Video in a Clinical Exercise Setting. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 41(1), 90-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2016.07.009.
  • Bergan, M. & Hutchinson, J. C. (2016). Motivational Climate and Coach-Athlete Relationships in the Weight Room. NSCA Coach, 3(2), 44-47.
  • Buck, D., Hutchinson, J.C., Winter, C.R., & Thompson, B.A. (2016). The Effects of Mental Imagery on Self-Efficacy and Front Squat Performance. Sports, 4(2), 23. doi:10.3390/sports4020023
  • Meir, G., Hutchinson, J.C., Habeeb, C., Boiangin, N., Basevitch, I., Shaffer, C., & Tenenbaum, G. (2015). Are the measurements of attention allocation and perceived exertion trustworthy? Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 19, 167-176. doi: 10.1080/1091367X.2015.1061531
  • Gabana, N.T., Van Raalte, J., Hutchinson, J.C., Brewer, B.W., & Petitpas, A. (2015). The independent and combined effects of music and a coxswain on attentional focus, perceived exertion, state motivation, and performance during a rowing sprint. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2014.99377
  • Hutchinson, J. C., & Karageorghis, C. I., & Jones, L. (2015). See hear: Psychological effects of music and music-video during treadmill running. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49(2), 199-211. doi: 10.1007/s12160-014-9647-2

Spring 2017 Laurels Submissions
  • Jasmin Hutchinson, PhD, associate professor of exercise science and sport studies, co-authored “The Diabeates Project: Perceptual, affective, and psychophysiological effects of music and music-video” in Canadian Journal of Diabetes in February 2017.
  • Jasmin Hutchinson, PhD, associate professor of exercise science and sport studies, presented "Can't stop the feeling! The role of music in exercise and health" at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, N.Y., in February 2017.

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