Affiliation: Université catholique de Louvain
Belgian National Fund for Scientific research (FNRS)
Email: moira.mikolajczak@uclouvain.be

Biography

Moïra Mikolajczak received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium). Her doctoral dissertation concerned the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the psychological and neuroendocrine responses to stress.
After a post-doc at Stanford University, she is now Professor at the University of Louvain.

Her research interests pertain on the one hand to the biological and cognitive correlates of EI and emotion regulation, and on the other hand to the development of emotional competence in adults. Moïra currently combines her research on emotional intelligence with the development and validation of EI training programs in organizational, clinical, health and education settings.

Books

Mikolajczak, M., Quoidbach, J., Kotsou, I., & Nelis, D (2009). Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence]. Paris: Dunod

Mikolajczak, M. & Desseilles, M. (2012). Traité de la régulation émotionnelle [Emotion Regulation]. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

Selected EI-related Articles

Kotsou, I., Grégoire, J., Nelis, D., & Mikolajczak, M. (in press). Emotional plasticity: conditions and effects of improving emotional competence in adulthood. Journal of Applied Psychology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0023047

Nelis, D., Kotsou, I., Quoidbach, J., Dupuis, P., Weytens, F., Hansenne, M., & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Increasing emotional compétence improves psychological and physical well-being, social relationships and employability. Emotion, 11, 354-366

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Moving beyond the ability-trait debate: A three level model of emotional intelligence. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 5, 25-31.

Mikolajczak, M., Petrides, K.V., Hurry, J. (2009). Adolescents choosing self-harm as an emotion regulation strategy: the protective role of trait emotional intelligence. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48, 181-193.

Mikolajczak, M., Petrides, K.V., Coumans, N., & Luminet, O. (2009). An experimental investigation of the moderating effects of trait emotional intelligence on laboratory-induced stress. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 9, 455-477.

Mikolajczak, M., Roy, E., & Verstrynge, V., & Luminet, O. (2009). An Exploration of the Moderating Effect of Trait Emotional Intelligence on Memory and Attention in Neutral and Stressful Conditions. British Journal of Psychology, 100, 699-715.

Mikolajczak, M., Nelis, D., Hansenne, M., & Quoidbach, J. (2008). If you can regulate sadness, you can probably regulate shame: associations between trait emotional intelligence, emotion regulation and coping efficiency across discrete emotions. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1356-1368.

Mikolajczak, M., & Luminet, O. (2008). Trait emotional intelligence and the cognitive appraisal of stressful events: an exploratory study. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 1445-1453.

Mikolajczak, M., Roy, E., Luminet, O., Fillée, C. & de Timary, P.(2007). The moderating impact of emotional intelligence on the free cortisol responses to stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, 1000-1012.

Mikolajczak, M., Luminet, O., Leroy, C., & Roy, E. (2007). Psychometric Properties of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire: Factor Structure, Reliability, Construct, and Incremental Validity in a French-Speaking Population. Journal of Personality Assessment, 88, 338-353.

Mikolajczak, M., Menil, C., & Luminet, O. (2007). Explaining the protective effect of trait emotional intelligence regarding occupational stress: exploration of emotional labour processes. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 1107-1117.