Moïra Mikolajczak

Curriculum Vitae

Pr Moïra MIKOLAJCZAK

Last update:  september 2017

Office address

Université catholique de Louvain

Psychology Department

Place Cardinal Mercier 10 ; B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

E-mail moira.mikolajczak@uclouvain.be

Website: http://sites.uclouvain.be/ilab/

Home Address

Rue du Chênois 41

1367 Grand-Rosière (Belgium)

Date of birth: 23^rd of March 1979

Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium

Nationality: Belgian

Languages spoken fluently: French, English

2002-2006      Ph.D. at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve). Title: “The moderating effect of Emotional Intelligence on psychological and neuroendocrine responses to stress” (Director: Pr. Olivier Luminet). Summa cum laude

2002-2004      DEA & Doctoral School at UCLouvain, Belgium

1997-2002      Undergraduate degree in Psychology at UCLouvain, Belgium. Summa cum laude

Specialization: Clinical psychology

Optional subject: Organizational Psychology.

Jan-Sept 2007            Stanford University, USA (Pr. J.J. Gross)

May-Aug. 2005          University of London, United Kingdom (Pr. K.V. Petrides)

2010-              Assistant Professor (Université catholique de Louvain)

2006-2009      Post-doctoral Researcher at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS-FRS)

2007                Post-doctoral Fellow at Stanford University, USA (Psychophysiology Laboratory, Pr. J. Gross)

2005                Visiting Ph.D. student at the University of London (Institute of Education, Pr. K.V. Petrides)

2002-2006      Ph.D. Student in the Research Unit for Emotion, Cognition and Health (ECSA) at UCLouvain.

2016                Research grant “Special Research Funds” (FRS) from the Catholic University of Louvain (8000 EUR + salary of a Ph.D. student on parental burnout)

2012                Research grant from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research for a joint research project (PDR) submitted with Olivier Luminet on the dark side of oxytocin (14.000 EUR + salary of a Ph.D. student)

2011                Research grant “Special Research Funds” (FSR) from the Catholic University of Louvain (5000 EUR + salary of a Ph.D. student: Stéphanie Miliche)

2008                Research grant from the Région Wallonne for a project “First Spin-off”  submitted with Jacques Grégoire (80.000 EUR + salary of a Ph.D. student: Ilios Kotsou)

2006                Research grant from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research for a research project on the interactive effects of context and prefrontal EEG asymmetry on emotional regulation processes and outcomes (15.000 EUR = 22.000 USD)

2006                Travel grant from the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) (3500 EUR = 5130 USD funding my post-doctoral stay at Stanford University)

2006                Special Research Fund (FRS) from the University of Louvain (2500 EUR = 3660 USD funding my post-doctoral stay at Stanford University)

2005                Travel grant from the Belgian French Speaking Government’s (funding my scientific stay at the University of London)

2004                Fellowship of the Gallup Organisation for the 2004 Positive Psychology Summit [Washington, USA]

Laureate of the B.A.E.F. (Belgian-American Education Foundation) Alumni award 2012 (€5000).

With other universities (National and International)

Stanford University, USA (Pr James Gross),

University College London, United Kingdom (Pr. Kostantinos Petrides),

University Pompeu Fabra, Spain (Dr Jordi Quoidbach),

Université de Namur, Belgium (Pr Martin Desseilles)

With University Hospitals

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels (Pr. Ph. de Timary),

With health-related organizations

Mutualité Chrétienne (MC-CM), Brussels (Hervé Avalosse).

Within the Department of Psychology at UCLouvain

Health Psychology (Pr Luminet, Pr Rimé, Pr Zech),

Cognitive Emotion Psychology (Pr Vermeulen),

Development and Educational Psychology (Pr Roskam; Pr. Grégoire),

Current Affiliations to Scientific Societies and Institutes

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Past Affiliations

International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinlogy (ISPNE)

International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE)

International Society for the Study of Indiviual Differences (ISSID)

BA and MA Courses

2015-              “Interventions in Health Psychology” (4 ECTS). Department of Psychology, UCLouvain.

2013-              “General and Medical Psychology” (3/5 ECTS) (with E. Constant, Ph. De Timary & D. Charlier). Department of Medicine, UCLouvain

2010-              “Introduction to Psychology” (Psych 101) (7/14 ECTS) (with Dana Samson, A. Szmalec and Bernard Rimé). Department of Psychology, UCLouvain.

2011                “Interventions in Health Psychology” (3 ECTS). Department of Psychology, Université Paris Descartes (Paris V).

2010-2014      “Health Psychology” (3/6 ECTS) (with S. Van den Broucke). Department of Psychology, UCLouvain.

2010-2014      “Emotion Psychology and Psychopathology” (3/6 ECTS) (with P. Philippot). Department of Psychology, UCLouvain.

2010&2015    “Emotional Competence: Theory and Practice” (2 ECTS). Université des Aînés, Louvain-la-Neuve.

2008 -2010     “Organizational Behaviour” (30h), Louvain School of Management, UCLouvain

Continuing and Executive Education

2015-              “Emotions et santé” (7h). Certificate in Equine Assisted Therapy, UCLouvain.

2014-              “Emotions et compétences émotionnelles” (14h). Certificate in Life Coaching, UCLouvain.

2013-              “Les compétences émotionnelles” (4h). Executive Master in Business Coaching, UCLouvain.

Seminars

2015-              Seminar presented in the framework of the course “Concepts, Methods and Interventions” at the Faculty of Public Health, UCLouvain. Topic: Emotional Competence and health (3h)

Jan 2012        Seminar presented as part of the class “Psychiatry”, Faculty of Medicine (Master in Psychiatry), UCLouvain. Topic: Emotion regulation” (2h)          

Nov. 2009       Seminar presented as part of the class “Research Methods and Data Collection in Psychology”, (M. Pesenti, I. Roskam & E. Zech), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: “Research Methods in Psychophysiology and Psychoendocrinology” (2h).

Sept. 2009      Seminar presented as part of the class “Health psychology”, (O. Luminet, E. Zech, & P. Godin), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: “Biological Pathways Linking Psychological Factors to Health and Disease” (3h).

April 2009      Seminar presented as part of the class “Psychiatry”, Faculty of Medicine (Master in Psychiatry), UCLouvain. Topic: Emotion regulation” (1h30)      

March 2009   “Emotional Competence” module, Executive Master in Business Coaching, Institute for Continuing Education, UCLouvain (2h30).

March 2009   Seminar presented as part of the class “Advanced Questions in Health Psychology”, (O. Luminet, E. Baruffol, P. Philippot & N. Van Broeck), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: Emotional competencies and health” (2h)

Oct. 2008        Seminar presented as part of the class “Health Psychology”, (O. Luminet, E. Zech, & P. Godin), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: “Stress and health” (2h).

April 2008      Seminar presented as part of the class “Advanced Questions in Health Psychology”, (O. Luminet, E. Baruffol, P. Philippot & N. Van Broeck), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: Emotion regulation and health” (2h)

April 2004      Seminar presented as part of the class “Advanced Questions in Health Psychology”, (O. Luminet, E. Baruffol, P. Philippot & N. Van Broeck), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: “Emotional intelligence and stress” (3h)

Nov. 2004       Seminar presented as part of the class “Research Methods in Clinical Psychology” (E. Baruffol & S. Passone) Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: “Meta-analysis: Theory and practice” (3h)

April 2003      Seminar presented as part of the class “Intervention Methods in Health Psychology” (O. Luminet & E. Baruffol) Department of Psychology, UCLouvain: Topic: “Emotional intelligence and stress” (2h)

Nov. 2003       Seminar presented as part of the class “Research Methods in Clinical Psychology” (E. Baruffol & S. Passone), Department of Psychology, UCLouvain. Topic: “Meta-analysis: Methodological and statistical considerations” (3h)

Ph.D. (7)

2017-              Maria Elena Brianda : facteurs de risque, conséquences et prises en charge du burnout parental (Ph.D. co-supervised with Pr Isabelle Roskam)

2016-              Jessica Morton: Etude des conditions sous lesquelles des renforcements positifs (ex. compliments) peuvent avoir des effets contre-productifs (Ph.D. co-supervised with Pr Olivier Luminet)

2015-2017      Louise Schinkus: Influence de la détresse des patients diabétiques sur la compliance au traitement (Ph.D. co-supervised with Pr Stephan Van den Broucke)

2013-2017      Marie Bayot: Influence de la pleine conscience sur l’empathie: effets et processus impliqués.

2011-2017      Marine Jaeken: Développement d’une formation aux compétences relationnelles à destination des étudiants en psychologie (Ph.D. co-supervised with Pr Zech and Pr Verhoofstadt)

2011-2016      Anthony Lane: Au-delà du mythe, quelle est l’influence réelle de l’ocytocine? Approche critique des effets affectifs, comportementaux et cognitifs de l’administration intranasale d’ocytocine chez l’humain (Ph.D. co-supervised with Pr. Olivier Luminet)

2011-2014      Fanny Weytens: Comparaison de l’effet de l’augmentation des émotions plaisantes et de la diminution des émotions déplaisantes sur l’ajustement psychologique, somatique et social (Ph.D. co-supervised with Pr. Olivier Luminet)

Researchers

2011-2015       Stéphanie Miliche: Evaluation des effets d’une formation aux compétences émotionnelles dans le traitement des migraines

2008-2012      Illios Kotsou: “The development of emotional skills in adults” (Research co-supervised with Pr. Jacques Grégoire) (grant “Project First Spin-off” from the Belgian French-speaking government).

Post-docs (2)

2016-2017       Dr Yuki Nozaki (Kyoto University, Japan)

2015                Dr Ainize Pena-Sarrionandia (University of the Basque Country, Spain)     

Member of Ph.D. supervision committees

2016-              Pierre Gérain : Antécédents et conséquences du burnout de l’aidant proche (Director: Pr Emmanuelle Zech, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium).

2015-              Elise Batselé: Effet des compétences émotionnelles sur la rechute de l’infarctus du myocarde, et investigation des médiateurs biologiques potentiellement respsonsables de cet effet  (Director: Pr Carole Fantini-Hauwel, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium).

2014-               Vanessa Hanin: Etude de la motivation, des compétences émotionnelles (CE) et de l’engagement des élèves du troisième cycle de l’enseignement primaire (9-12 ans) en FWB, en résolution de problèmes mathématiques (Director: Pr Catherine Van Nieuwenhoven, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium).

2013-              Virginie Di Silverio: Enjeux psychologiques chez les femmes en rémission d’un cancer du sein (Director: Pr Susann Wolff, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2012-              Anne Weisgerber: Régulation des émotions et musique (Director: Pr. N. Vermeulen, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2012-              Gaëtan Devos : L’impulsivité chez les personnes dépendantes au jeu (Director : Pr Joël Billieux & Pr. Pierre Maurage, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2012-2016      Claire Prade: L’émotion d’émerveillement (awe) et son influence sur la spiritualité (Director: Pr. V. Saroglou, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2011-              François Moors: Les modes interpersonnels du thérapeute et du client en interaction dans la relation thérapeutique: leurs impacts sur l'efficacité thérapeutique (Director: Pr. E. Zech, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2010-              Pascale Vanhoutvinck: “Evaluation et mise au point d’un traitement sexo-thérapeutique cognitivo-comportemental des comportements sexuels compulsifs masculins” (Director: P. De Sutter, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2010-              Emilie Moget: La construction de l’identité chez les enfants de mères lesbiennes (Director: Pr Susann Wolff, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2010-2016      David Ogez: Les interventions psychologiques auprès des patients cancéreux: Que peut-on faire au-delà de l’annonce de la mauvaise nouvelle? (Directors: Pr. E. Zech & Pr. Ph. De Timary, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2010-2015      Françoise Adam: “Approche cognitive et comportementale de la sexualité des femmes basée sur la méditation de pleine conscience. Elaboration et évaluation d’un auto-traitement pour l’anorgasmie coïtale feminine” (Director: P. De Sutter, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2009-              Séverine Ballon: L’expression verbale des émotions sous forme orale et écrite: propriétés et bénéfices respectifs (Directors: B. Rimé & G. Herman, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium).

2009-2012      Véronique Leroy: “La résistance à la tentation dans l’apprentissage” (Director: J. Grégoire, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2007-2013      Sophie Brasseur: “The emotional intelligence of gifted students” (Université Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. Director: J. Grégoire, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

2007-2011      Magali Lahaye: “L’influence des competences émotionnelles sur la qualité de vie et la sévérité de la maladie des enfants asthmatiques” (Directors: N. Van Broeck, University of Leuven, Belgium; O. Luminet, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, & E. Bodaert, Cliniques Mont Godinne, Belgium)

2006-2010      Delphine Nelis: “Emotional intelligence and academic performance: neuroanatomic correlates and training perspectives” (Director : M. Hansenne ; University of Liège, Belgium).    

Member of Ph.D. thesis’ or HDR jury

2017                Johan Lepage, Université de Grenoble-Alpes (December 2017)

2016                Rita Seixas, Université du Luxembourg (October, 2016)

2016                Laurie Loop, Université catholique de Louvain (September 2016)

2016                Claire Prade, Université catholique de Louvain (August 2016)

2016                Sarah Le Vigouroux, Université d’Aix-Marseille (June 2016)

2015                David Ogez, Université catholique de Louvain (December 2015)

2015                Bruno Dauvier (HDR), Université d’Aix-Marseille (December 2015)

2015                Françoise Adam, Université catholique de Louvain (September 2015)

2014                Karin Chellew Galvez, Universitat de les Iles Balears (February 2014)         

2013                Sophie Brasseur, Université catholique de Louvain (June 2013)

2012                Joanna Blogowska, Université catholique de Louvain (September 2012)

2012                Véronique Leroy, Université catholique de Louvain (February 3 2012)

2011                Marie Housiaux, Université catholique de Louvain (October 7 2011)

2011                Magali Lahaye, Université catholique de Louvain (May 24 2011)

2010                Delphine Nelis, Université de Liège (October 11 2010)

Member of DEA’s jury (DEA = post-graduate diploma taken before competing a Ph.D.)

2008                Jordi Quoidbach: “Episodic future thinking: How does it relate to personality and happiness? (Director : Pr. M. Hansenne ; University of Liège, Belgium)

2008                Delphine Nelis : “Intelligence émotionnelle et performance académique: effet d’une formation à l’intelligence émotionnelle ” (Director : Pr. M. Hansenne ; University of Liège, Belgium).     

Master’s theses supervision and co-supervision

2003-              Supervision of more than 80 completed master’s theses in Psychology, 5 in Psychotherapy, 5 in Business Coaching, 6 in Life Coaching, and 3 in Physical Therapy

Research internships

2002-               Supervision of 16 four-month full time research internships in Belgium and 2 three-month full time internships in the US

1. Member of Scientific Committees

- 6^th International Congress on Emotional Intelligence, Porto, Portugal, July 19-22 2017.

- 2^nd International Conference on Emotional Intelligence, Spain, September 16-18 2009.

- 8^th Conference of the Association Française de Psychologie de la Santé (AFPSA), Liège, December 15-17 2014

2. Reviewing

For International Peer-Reviewed Journals (by alphabetical order):

Annals of Behavioral Medicine; Anxiety, Stress and Coping; Biological Psychology; Brain Imaging and Behavior; Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Cognition and Emotion; European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; European Journal of Personality; European Review of Applied Psychology; European Neuropsychopharmacology; Emotion; Emotion Review; Evolution and Human Behavior; Frontiers in Psychology; Journal of Happiness Studies; Journal of Occupational and Health Psychology; Journal of Personality; Journal of Research in Personality; Journal of Psychosomatic Research; Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer; L’Année Psychologique; Personality and Individual Differences; Personality and Social Psychology Science; Perspective in Psychological Science; PlosOne; Psychoneuroendocrinology.

For Funding Agencies or Organizations:

- Former member of the SHS-2 commission of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)

- National Institute for Health Research (NHS), United Kingdom

- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Canada

- ANR, France

- Axa Research Fund, France

3. Member of Selection Committee

Mai 2017: Member of the Selection Committee for the recruitment of an Associate Professor at the University of Grenoble-Alpes, France. 

2016-         Secretary of the MASTER jury (President: Pr Isabelle Roskam)

2015-         Secretary of the BAC jury (President: Pr Isabelle Roskam)

2015-         Member of the “Commission Master”

2014-2015 Member of the “Bureau ISPY”

2014-2015 Member of the “Commission BAC” and “Commission master”

2013-2015 Coordinator of the BAC2 committee

2010-         Member of the “Commission des relations avec les milieux extérieurs”

2009-2011 Member of the “Commission pour une faculté durable”

2010-2011 Member of the “Groupe à tâches pour la réforme du master en sciences psychologiques”.

2014- Creation and management of an executive education program in life coaching

1. Development of an evidence-based tool to evaluate one’s emotional competencies

(Project conducted with Sophie Brasseur)

2006-               Development and Validation of the Profile of Emotional Competence. Test and automatic feedback available online at: https://emotional-competence.co/en

2. Development of evidence-based interventions to improve emotional competencies in adults

(Project conducted with Delphine Nelis, Jordi Quoidbach, Ilios Kotsou and Stéphanie Miliche)

2006-               Development and Validation of on-site trainings designed to improve people’s level of emotional competence. Successful applications in educational, occupational and health settings (see e.g., Nelis et al., 2011; Kotsou et al., 2011; Miliche et al., under review).

3. Development of evidence-based interventions to improve emotional competencies at school

(Project conducted with Pr Benoît Galand)

2018-              Development and validation of trainings designed to improve children’s level of emotional competence. Development and validation of trainings designed to improve teacher’s level of emotional competence and their ability to enhance their pupils’.

4. Development of evidence-based interventions to treat parental burnout

(Project conducted with Pr Isabelle Roskam)

2017-               Development of a free application to facilitate the detection, understanding and prevention of parental burnout.

2017-              Development of evidence-based group interventions for parents in burnout.

1. Doctoral dissertation

Mikolajczak, M. (2006). The moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the psychological and neuroendocrine responses to stress. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

2. Books

Mikolajczak, M. & Roskam, I. (janv. 2017). Le burnout parental : l’éviter et s’en sortir. Paris : Odile Jacob.

Roskam, I. & Mikolajczak (Eds) (2015). Stress et défis de la parentalité. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

Desseilles, M. & Mikolajczak, M. (2013). Mieux vivre avec ses émotions. Paris : Odile Jacob.

Mikolajczak, M. (Ed.) (2013). Intervention en psychologie de la santé. Paris : Dunod.

Mikolajczak, M. & Desseilles, M. (Eds) (2012). Traité de régulation des émotions. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

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

3. Articles

Peer-Reviewed International Journals

Mikolajczak, M., Raes, M-E., Avalosse, H. & Roskam, I (2017). Exhausted parents: Sociodemographic, child-related, parent-related, parenting and family-functioning correlates of parental burnout. Paper in press at the Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Schinkus, L., Dangoisse, F., Van den Broucke, S. & Mikolajczak, M. (2017) When knowing is not enough: Emotional distress and depression reduce the positive effects of health literacy on diabetes self-management. Paper in press at Patient Education and Counselling.

Szczygiel, D., & Mikolajczak, M. (2017). Why are people high in emotional intelligence happier? They make the most of their positive emotions. Paper in press at Personality and Individual Differences, 117, 177-181

Le Vigouroux-Nicolas, S., Scola, C., Raes, M-E., Mikolajczak, M., & Roskam, I. (2017). The Big Five personality traits and parental burnout: risk and protective factors. Paper in press at Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 216-219.

Jaeken, M., Zech, E., Brison, C. Verhofstadt, L.L., Van Broeck, N. & Mikolajczak, M. (2017) Helpers- self-assessment biases before and after helping skills training. Frontiers in Psychology, 15 August 2017

Mazzone, S., Roskam, I., Mikolajczak, M., Grosbois, N. (2017). Do Parents Talk about Emotions with Their Children? The Questionnaire of Parent-Child Conversations about Emotions (QPCCE). Psychology, 8, 987-1007.

Mikolajczak, M. & Van Bellegem, S. (2017). Increasing emotional competence to decrease healthcare expenditures. How profitable would it be? Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 343-347.

Roskam, I., Raes, M-E., & Mikolajczak, M. (2017) Exhausted parents: Development and preliminary validation of the Parental Burnout Inventory. Frontiers in Psychology, 8: 163. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00163.

Lane, A., Luminet, O., Nave, G., & Mikolajczak, M. (2016). Is there a Publication Bias in Behavioural Intranasal Oxytocin Research on Humans? Opening the File Drawer of One Laboratory. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 28(4).

Petrides, K.V., Mikolajczak, M., Mavrovelli, S., Sanchez-Ruiz, M-J., Furnham, A., & Pérez-González, J-C. (2016). Developments in trait emotional intelligence research. Emotion Review, 8, 335-341.

Lane, A. Mikolajczak, M, Treinen, E., Samson, D., Corneille, O., de Timary, P. & Luminet, O. (2015). Failed Replication of Oxytocin Effects on Trust: The Envelope Task Case. Article in press at PLoS ONE, 10 (9): e0137000.

Quoidbach, J., Mikolajczak, M. & Gross, J.J. (2015). Positive interventions: An emotion regulation Perspective. Psychological Bulletin, 141, 655-693.

Pena-Sarrionandia, A., Mikolajczak, M. & Gross, J.J. (2015). Integrating emotion regulation and emotional intelligence traditions: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 160, 1-27.

Mikolajczak, M., Avalosse, H., Vancorenland, S., Verniest, R. Callens, M. van Broeck, N. Fantini-Hauwel, C. & Mierop, A. (2015). A Nationally Representative Study of Emotional Competence and Health. Emotion, 15, 653-567.

Brison, C. Zech, E., Jaeken, M., Priels, J-M., Verhofstadt, L., Van Broeck, N., Mikolajczak, M. (2015) Encounter groups: Do they foster psychology students’ psychological development and therapeutic attitudes? Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 14, 83-99.

Jaeken, M., Verhofstadt, L., & Van Broeck, N. (2015). Qu'est-ce qui détermine l'efficacité d'une psychothérapie? Brève mise à jour scientifique. Bulletin de Psychologie, 68(3), 237-242

Quoidbach, J., Gruber, J., Mikolajczak, M., Kogan, A., Kotsou, I., & Norton, M. I. (2014). Emodiversity and the emotional ecosystem. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 2057-66.

Fantini-Hauwel, C. & Mikolajczak, M. (2014) Factor structure, evolution and predictive power of emotional competencies on physical and emotional health in the elderly. Journal of Aging and Health, 26, 993-114.

Weytens, F., Luminet, O., Verhofstadt, L. & Mikolajczak, M. (2014). An integrative theory-driven positive emotion regulation intervention. PLoS ONE 9(4): e95677.

Mikolajczak, M., Brasseur, C. & Fantini-Hauwel, C. (2014) Measuring Intrapersonal and Interpersonal EQ: The Short Profile of Emotional Competence (S-PEC). Personality and Individual Differences, 65, 42-46.

Fiori M., Antonietti, J.P., Mikolajczak, M., Luminet, O., Hansenne, M. & Rossier, J. (2014) What Is The Ability Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) Good For? An evaluation using Item Response Theory. PLoS ONE, 9(6): e98827.

Brasseur, S., Grégoire, J., Bourdu, R. & Mikolajczak, M. (2013). The Profile of Emotional Competence (PEC): Development and validation of a measure that fits dimensions of Emotional Competence theory. PLoS ONE, 8(5): e62635.

Leclercq, S. Cani, P.D., Neyrinck, A.M., Stärkel, P., Jamar, F. Mikolajczak, M, Delzenne, N.M. & de Timary, P. (2012). Role of intestinal permeability and inflammation in the biological and behavioural control of alcohol-dependent subjects. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 26, 911-918.

Lane, A., Luminet, O. & Mikolajczak, M. (2012). Psychoendocrinologie sociale de l'ocytocine : Revue d'une littérature en pleine expansion. L’Année Psychologique, 113, 255-285.

Lane, A., Luminet, O., Rimé, B., Gross, J.J., de Timary, P., & Mikolajczak, M. (2013). Oxytocin Increases the willingness to Socially Share One’s Emotions. International Journal of Psychology, 48, 676-681.

Leroy, V., Dayez, J-B, Mikolajczak, M. & Grégoire (2012).Gérer la tentation en situation d’apprentissage: Comparaison de la réévaluation cognitive avec l’obéissance à un ordre. Revue des Sciences de L’Education, 37, 489-506.

Mikolajczak, M., Balon, N., Ruosi, M., & Kotsou, I. (2012). Sensitive but not sentimental: Emotionally intelligent people can put their emotions aside when necessary. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 537-540.

Leroy, V., Grégoire, J., Magen, E., Gross, J., & Mikolajczak, M. (2012). Lead me not into temptation: Using reappraisal to reduce goal-inconsistent behavior. PLoS ONE 7(7): e39493. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039493

Leroy, V., Grégoire, J., Magen, E., Gross, J., & Mikolajczak, M. (2012). Resisting the sirens of temptation while studying: Using reappraisal to increase focus, enthusiasm and performance. Learning and Individual Differences, 22(SI), 263-268.

Luminet, O., Grynberg, D., Ruzette, N., & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Personality-Dependent Effects of Oxytocin: Greater Social Benefits for High Alexithymia Scores. Biological Psychology, 87, 401-406.

Kotsou, I., Grégoire, J., Nelis, D., & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Emotional plasticity: conditions and effects of improving emotional competence in adulthood. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 827-839.

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

Layahe, M., Mikolajczak, M., Rieffe, C., Villanueva, L., Van Broeck, N., Bodart, E., & Luminet, O. (2011). Cross-validation of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children in three populations. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29, 418-427.

Mikolajczak, M., Gross, J.J., Lane, A., de Timary, P. & Luminet, O. (2010). Oxytocin makes us trusting, not gullible. Psychological Science, 21, 1072-1074.

Mikolajczak, M., Pinon, N., Lane, A., de Timary, P. & Luminet, O. (2010). Oxytocin does not only increase trust when money is at stake but also when confidential information is in the balance. Biological Psychology, 85, 182-184.

Mikolajczak, M., Quoidbach, J., Vantootighem, V. , Lambert, F., Lahaye, M., Fillée, C. & de Timary, P. (2010). Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR)’s Flexibility Leads to More Consistent Associations with Psychological Factors than CAR Magnitude. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, 752-757.

Mikolajczak, M., Bodarwé, K., Laloyaux, O., Hansenne, M, & Nelis, D. (2010). Association between frontal EEG asymmetries and emotional intelligence among adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 177-181.

Quoidbach, J., Dunn, E.W., Petrides, K.W., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Money Giveth Money Taketh Away: The Dual Effect of Wealth on Happiness. Psychological Science, 21, 759-753

Quoidbach, J., Berry, E., Hansenne, M., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Positive emotion regulation and well-being: Comparing the impact of eight savoring and dampening strategies. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 368-373.

Lahaye, M., Luminet, O., Van Broeck, N., Bodart, E., & Mikolajczak, M. (2010). Psychometric properties of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children in a French-speaking population. Journal of Personality Assessment, 92, 317-326.

Cordovil de Sousa, M., de Timary, P., Cortesi, M.A., Mikolajczak, du Roy de Blicquy, P.,& M., Luminet, O. (2010). The emotional components of craving: covariation of craving, affect, alexithymia, emotional intelligence in alcohol-dependent patients. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 16-21

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.

Nelis, D., Quoidbach, J., Mikolajczak, M. & Hansenne, M. (2009). Improving emotional intelligence: (How) Does it work? Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 36-41.

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., Roy, E., Luminet, O., & de Timary, P. (2008). Resilience and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity under acute stress in young men. Stress, 11, 477-482.

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.

De Timary, Roy, Luminet, Fillée, & Mikolajczak, M. (2008). The moderating impact of alexithymia and alexithymia factors on stress-induced salivary cortisol level in men. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33, 1160-1164.

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.

Mikolajczak, M., Luminet, O. & Menil, C. (2006). Predicting mental and somatic resistance to stress: the incremental validity of trait emotional intelligence over alexithymia and optimism. Psicothema, 18 [Special issue on Emotional Intelligence], 79-88.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2006). Is alexithymia affected by situational stress or is it a stable trait related to emotion regulation. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 1399-1408.

Non-Peer Reviewed National and International Journals

Mikolajczak, M. & Pena-Sarrionanda, A. (2015). On the efficiency of emotional intelligence trainings in adulthood. Emotion Researcher (Official publication of the International Society for the Research on Emotions- ISRE). Available online at : http://emotionresearcher.com/on-the-efficiency-of-emotional-intelligence-training-in-adulthood/

Mikolajczak, M. (2008) Conceptualizing individual differences in emotion regulation: The three level model of emotion regulation skills. Emotion Researcher(Official publication of the International Society for the Research on Emotions- ISRE), 23, 9-11.

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Mieux vivre ses émotions. Cerveau & Psycho, 35, 52-57

Mikolajczak, M. (2012). L’intelligence émotionnelle : de l’individu à la société. Cerveau & Psycho, 9, 29-34

Quoidbach, J. & Mikolajczak, M. (2009) Panique à la banque. Louvain, 179, 29.

Cordovil de Sousa, M., de Timary, P., Cortesi, M., Mikolajczak, M., du Roy de Blicquy, P., & Luminet, O.  (2008). Moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the role of negative affect in the motivation to drink in alcohol dependent subjects undergoing protracted withdrawal. Psychology & Health, 23, 91.

4. Book Chapters (exclusive of popular books)

Mikolajczak, M. (in press). Emotional Competence. Entry in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Individual Differences.

Mikolajczak, M. (2015). Du stress d’être parent. In I. Roskam & M. Mikolajczak. Stress et défis de la parentalité. Bruxelles: De Boeck.

Lorenzino, L. & Mikolajczak, M. (2015). Maman stressée, grossesse perturnée? In I. Roskam & M. Mikolajczak. Stress et défis de la parentalité. Bruxelles: De Boeck.

Jaeken, M., Zech, E., Van Broeck, N., Verhofstadt, L., & Mikolajczak, M. (2014). Se former à la communication en contexte d’entretien. In N. Nader-Grosbois, O. Luminet et S. Van den Boucke. Articulations clinique-recherche: Des outils nouveaux à la disposition du clinicien (pp. 33-44). Louvain-la-Neuve : Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

Lane, A., Luminet, O. & Mikolajczak, M. (2013). Oxytocinergic modulation of emotional processes in social interaction. In C. Mohiyeddini, M. Eysenck, & S. Bauer: Psychology of Emotions. New York : Nova.

Mikolajczak, M., Kotsou, I. & Nelis, D. (2013). Improving emotional competence in adults. In C. Mohiyeddini, M. Eysenck, & S. Bauer: Psychology of Emotions. New York : Nova.

Mikolajczak, M., Kotsou, I. & Nelis, D. (2013). Efficient Programs To Improve Trait And Ability EI in Adults: Lessons Learned from the Louvain Emotional Competence Training. In J.C. Pérez-González, S. Mavroveli, & D. Anaya, Assessment and education of emotional intelligence.

Mikolajczak, M. & Bausseron, E. (2013). Les compétences émotionnelles chez l’adulte [Emotional compétence in adults] in O. Luminet : Les émotions. Bruxelles : De Boeck.

Mikolajczak, M., & Belzung, C. (2012). Psychophysiologie des émotions et de leur régulation. In M. Mikolajczak & M. Desseilles. Traité de la régulation émotionnelle. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

Mikolajczak, M., & Desseilles, M. (2012).  Introduction à la régulation des émotions. In M. Mikolajczak & M. Desseilles. Traité de la régulation émotionnelle. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

Mikolajczak, M. (2012). Approche empirique de la régulation des émotions. In M. Mikolajczak & M. Desseilles. Traité de la régulation émotionnelle. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

Mikolajczak, M., Nelis, D. & Kotsou, I. (2012).  Pistes d’amélioration de la régulation émotionnelle à l’âge adulte. In M. Mikolajczak & M. Desseilles. Traité de la régulation émotionnelle. Bruxelles : DeBoeck.

Mikolajczak, M. & Baruffol, E. (2010). L’homoparentalité à l’épreuve. In. S. Heenen-Wolff, Homosexualité et Homoparentalité (pp 117-144). Paris: P.U.F.

Mikolajczak, M., Tran, V., Brotheridge, C. & Gross, J.J. (2009). Using an emotion regulation framework to predict the outcomes of emotional labour. In C.E.J. Härtel, N.M. Ashkanasy, & W.J. Zerbe (Eds) (pp 245-273). Research on Emotion in organizations: Emotions in groups, organizations and cultures. Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Why (and how) the emotional intelligence field should absolutely stop digging its own grave? In P. Fernandez-Berrocal, N. Extremera, R. Palomera, D. Ruiz-Aranda, J. Salguero & R. Cabello (Eds) (pp 85-91), Advances en el studio de la inteligencia emocional. Santander: Marcelino Botin.

Mikolajczak, M., Quoidbach, J. & Nelis, D. (2009). Appraising Emotion Regulation Styles. In N. Nader-Grosbois (Ed). Résilience, Régulation et Qualité de vie : Concepts, évaluation et intervention. Louvain-la-Neuve : Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Les compétences émotionnelles. : Historique et conceptualisation  In M. Mikolajczak, J. Quoidbach, I. Kotsou, & D. Nelis, D. Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence]. (pp 1-10) Paris: Dunod

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Les émotions.  In M. Mikolajczak, J. Quoidbach, I. Kotsou, & D. Nelis, D. Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence] (pp 11-36). Paris: Dunod

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Introduction à la régulation des émotions.  In M. Mikolajczak, J. Quoidbach, I. Kotsou, & D. Nelis, Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence] (pp 133-152). Paris: Dunod

Mikolajczak, M. (2009). La régulation des émotions négatives.  In M. Mikolajczak, J. Quoidbach, I. Kotsou, & D. Nelis, Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence] (pp 153-192). Paris: Dunod

Mikolajczak, M. & Quoidbach, J. (2009). L’utilisation des émotions.  In M. Mikolajczak, J. Quoidbach, I. Kotsou, & D. Nelis, Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence] (pp 221-238). Paris: Dunod

Quoidbach, J. & Mikolajczak, M. (2009). Vers un développement durable des compétences émotionnelles. In M. Mikolajczak, J. Quoidbach, I. Kotsou, & D. Nelis, Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence] (pp 239-258). Paris: Dunod

Leroy, V., Mikolajczak, M.  & Grégoire, J. (2009). La régulation émotionnelle pour contrôler la tentation en situation d’apprentissage. In N. Nader-Grosbois (Ed.). Résilience, Régulation et Qualité de vie : Concepts, évaluation et intervention (pp. 307-311). Louvain-la-Neuve : Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2008). L’effet modérateur de l’intelligence émotionnelle sur la réponse psychologique et biologique au stress: une synthèse [the moderating effect of emotional intelligence on psychological and biological responses to stress: a summary] in E. Loarer, J-L. Mogenet, F. Cuisinier, H. Gottesdiener, P. Mallet, et P. Vrignaud (Eds.), Perspectives Différentielles en Psychologie. Rennes : Presses Universitaires de Rennes.

5. Scientific Communications

a. Oral Presentations at Scientific Meetings (only the communications that I personally gave are listed below)

Mikolajczak, M. (2017, December). Emotional intelligence and health: relationships, pathways and interventions. Keynote speaker at the 3^rd Congress of Emotional Education in Navarre, Pamplona, Spain.

Mikolajczak, M. (2017, July). Emotional intelligence and health: relationships, pathways and interventions. Keynote speaker at the 6^th International Congress on Emotional Intelligence. Porto, Portugal.

Mikolajczak, M. (2017, July). New developments in trait emotional intelligence and physical health. Talk presented at the Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID 2017). Warsaw, Poland.

Mikolajczak, M. (2017, July). De l’intérêt de l’apprentissage des compétences émotionnelles pour les cours de langues. Talk presented at the Conference “Emotissage” organized by the Center of Language Learning. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Mikolajczak, M. (2015, May). Emotional intelligence and health: relationships, pathways and interventions. Keynote speaker at the Conference on Emotional Intelligence and Well-being. Zaragoza, Spain.

Mikolajczak, M. (2014, November). Emotional competence and health: relationships, pathways and interventions. Invited talk presented at the Autumn School on the Assessment of Emotional Intelligence. Ghent, Belgium.

Mikolajczak, M. (2013, July). Emotional Competence and Health. Talk presented at the annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID 2013), Madrid, Spain.

Mikolajczak, M. (2012, July). Social effects of oxytocin and health-related issues: findings and questions. Talk presented in the symposium: "Social effects of oxytocin and health-related issues" 26^th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Praha, Czech Republic.

Mikolajczak, M. (2011, July). Improving emotional competence: Conditions and effects on psychological and physical well-being, social relationships and employability. Paper presented at the ISRE conference. Kyoto, Japan.

Mikolajczak, M. (2010, July). “Integrating ability and trait perspectives in the prediction and management of stress” Invited talk in the invited symposium: "20 years of Emotional Intelligence research: A critical review and future perspectives"! 15^th European Conference of Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

Mikolajczak, M. (2010, July). “Improving emotional competence: Methods and benefits for health, social relationships and work adjustment” Invited talk in the symposium: "Emotion Regulation". 15^th European Conference of Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

Mikolajczak, M (2010, April). “How does Emotional competence impact on physical health: Biological pathways”. In O. Luminet & M. Mikolajczak: Emotional Competence and health. Symposium organized at the Psychology and Health annual conference (P&H 2010), Lunteren, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M (2010, April). “Emotional Competence and health: Facts and Pathways”. In M. Mikolajczak & O. Luminet: Emotional Competence and the quality of health, social relationships and work performance. Symposium organized at the Consortium for European Research on Emotion (CERE 2010), Lille, France.

Mikolajczak, M. Quoidbach, J. & Nelis, D. (2009, July). Measuring individual differences in emotion regulation: The Emotion Regulation Profile – Revised (ERP-R). The Fourth International Forum “Resilience, regulation and quality of life”. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Mikolajczak.M., Weytens, F., Dupuis, P. & Nelis, D. (2009, June). Improving health by increasing emotional competence. Psychology and Health, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M., Tran, V & Brotheridge, C. (2008, July). From emotional labor to emotion regulation: Building new bridges. Invited talk in a symosium presented at the Sixth International Conference on Emotions and Worklife: Emonet VI, Fontainebleau, France.

Mikolajczak, M, Roy, E., Luminet, O., & De Timary, P. (2008, May). The moderating impact of emotional intelligence on free cortisol responses to stress. Invited talk in a symposium presented at the Seventh Conference on Psychology and Health, Lunteren, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M, Roy, E., Luminet, O., & De Timary, P. (2007, October). Emotional intelligence: an excellent predictor of subjective and cortisol responses to stress. Paper presented at the Fourth international conference on 'The (Non)Expression of Emotions in Health and Disease, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M, Roy, E., Luminet, O., & De Timary, P. (2007, September). Emotional intelligence: an excellent predictor of subjective and cortisol responses to stress. Paper presented at the First International Congress on Emotional Intelligence, Malaga, Spain.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2006, September). The moderating effect of emotional intelligence on the psychological and neuroendocrine responses to stress. Paper presented at the XVII° Journées Internationales de Psychologie Différentielle, Paris, France.

Quoidbach, J., Nélis, D., Mikolajczak, M., & Hansenne, M. (2007, May). Development and validation of a typical performance Emotional Regulation Profile (ERP-Q). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

b. Invited Lectures or Seminars by Research labs or hospitals

Mikolajczak, M. « Cing voies pour mieux gérer son stress et ses émotions ». Invited talk at the annual Conference of the CITES (Centre d'informations, de thérapeutiques et d'études sur le stress), Liège, Octobre 2015.

Mikolajczak, M. « Compétences émotionnelles et santé : mieux vivre avec ses émotions. Invited talk at the University of Aix-Marseille (Laboratoire PSYCLE), July, 2015.

Mikolajczak, M. « Compétences émotionnelles et santé : relations, mécanismes impliqués et interventions. Invited talk at the Hospital Erasme (séminaires du service de Psychologie et de Psychothérapie), May, 2015.

Mikolajczak, M. Emotional competence and health: relationships, pathways and interventions. Invited talk at the Laboratory “Dynamique émotionnelle et pathologies”. Université Charles-de-Gaulle (Lille III), France, November, 2015.

Mikolajczak, M. « Compétences émotionnelles et santé : relations, mécanismes impliqués et interventions. Invited talk at the University of Grenoble (LIP), Grenoble, France, October 2014.

Mikolajczak, M. « Improving emotional competence in adulthood: Conditions and effects on mental and physical health, social relationships and employability ». Invited talk at the

University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, October 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. « Can adults still change ? The development of emotional competencies in adulthood ». Inaugural lecture presented at the University of Louvain, Belgium, March 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. « Conditions and effects of improving emotional competence in adulthood ». Invited talk at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, March 2011.

Mikolajczak, M.  Compétences émotionnelles et ajustement [Emotional compétence and adjustement amidst adversity] Invited talk at the Laboratoire de Psychologie et de Neurosciences de la Cognition et de l'Affectivité (PSY.NCA), University of Rouen, France, June 2010.

Mikolajczak., M. Les compétences émotionnelles [Emotional competence]. Invited talk at the Association Française de Thérapie Cognitivo-Comportementale (AFTCC). AFTCC Annual Meeting, Lille, December 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. Emotional competence, stress and health. Invited talk at the

University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, November 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. Les compétences émotionnelles : pourquoi s’y intéresser et comment les développer ? [Emotional competencies : Why are they crucial and how cant hey be trained] Invited talk at the Department of Neurosciences and Clinical Neurology (LabNIC), University Medical Center. Geneva : November 2009.

Mikolajczak, M.. Le Burnout du Psychologue : le comprendre, le prévenir et le gérer [Understanding, preventing and managing psychologists’ burnout]. Half-day seminar organized for L'Interface Pratique et Recherche en Psychologie de la Santé and L'Association des Psychologues des Institutions Hospitalières. Louvain-la-Neuve: October 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. Les compétences émotionnelles : applications cliniques [Emotional competencies : Clinical applications]. Invited talk at the Neurological Center William Lennox, Ottignies, May 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. L'intelligence émotionnelle: pourquoi l'évaluer à l’hôpital, comment la développer? [Emotional intelligence: why should it be measured, how can it be developped ?]. Invited talk at the Hospital Erasme, Brussels, February 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. L'intelligence émotionnelle et ses applications dans le domaine de la santé [Emotional intelligence and its implications for health]. One-day seminar presented in the framework of L'Interface Pratique et Recherche en Psychologie de la Santé and L'Association des Psychologues des Institutions Hospitalières. Louvain-la-Neuve: June 2006.

Mikolajczak, M. L'intelligence émotionnelle: applications cliniques [Emotional intelligence: clinical applications]. Invited talk at the Psychiatric Hospital Sans Souci, Brussels, October 2006.

Mikolajczak, M. L'intelligence émotionnelle : applications en psychologie de la santé [Emotional intelligence and health psychology]. One-day seminar presented in the framework of l'Interface Pratique et Recherche en Psychologie de la Santé. Liège : November 2006.

c. Poster sessions at scientific meetings

First author

Mikolajczak, M., Stinglhamber, F. & Froidbise, S. (2009, August).  Physiological arousal and task performance following explicitly vs implicitly induced emotion regulation. Poster presented at the Conference of the International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), Leuven, Belgium and at the 21^th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), San Francisco, USA.

Mikolajczak, M., Nelis, D., Quoidbach., J. (2008, May). Measuring individual differences in emotion regulation: the Emotion Regulation Profile-Revised (ERP-R). Poster presented at the 20^th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Chicago, USA.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2006, May). An experimental investigation of the moderating effect of trait emotional intelligence on laboratory-induced stress. Poster presented at the Consortium of European Research on Emotion, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and at the Journée d'Etude en Psychologie de la Santé, Brussels, Belgium.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2004, September). Does emotional intelligence represent a protective factor regarding mental and somatic resistance to stress? Poster presented at the Gallup Positive Psychology Summit, Washington, USA.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2004, July). Does alexithymia represent a vulnerability factor regarding mental and somatic resistance to stress? Results from a longitudinal study. Poster presented at the European Conference on Personality, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O.  (2004, May). Subjective and objective responses to a laboratory stressor among people varying in their level of alexithymia. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Belgian Psychological Society, Brussels, Belgium.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O.  (2004, May). Is alexithymia affected by situational stress or is it a stable trait related to emotion regulation? A prospective study of students during their exams. Poster presented at the First International Cognitive Psychopathology Meeting, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and at the European Conference on Emotion Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O.  (2003, October). Comparing the predictive power of alexithymia and Emotional Intelligence: The case of psychological and physical health. Poster presented at the Third International Conference on Emotion and Health, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Mikolajczak, M. & Luminet, O. (2003, May). Predicting the subjective health & well-being: the contribution of alexithymia, trait affectivity and optimism. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Belgian Psychological Society, Brussels, Belgium.

6.  Invited Public Talks (I only mention the talks that I personally gave)

Mikolajczak, M. & Roskam, I. Le burnout parental. Lecture presented at the « Centre de Santé de l’Ancienne Gare de Gastuche », Grez-Doiceau, April 2017.

Roskam, I. & Mikolajczak, M. Etre parent, une aventure de chaque jour : des pistes pour trouver son équilibre. Conference organized by the Mutualité Chrétienne at the « Ferme du Biéreau », Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, March 2017.

Roskam, I. & Mikolajczak, M. Le burnout parental : le comprendre et s’en sortir. Lecture organized by the Mutualité Chrétienne for their affiliated psychologists, Wavre, Belgium, March 2016.

Mikolajczak, M. Mieux vivre avec ses émotions pour améliorer sa santé. Lecture presented at the Service de Prévention en Santé de la Mutualité Chrétienne, Nivelles, Belgium, May 2015.

Mikolajczak, M. A la poursuite du Bonheur : avantages, avatars et conséquences pour l’intervention. Lecture presented at the Belgian Royal Society for Mental Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, December 13 2014.

Mikolajczak, M. « Vivre mieux avec ses émotions ». Lecture presented at La Maison du livre, de l’image et du son, Villeurbanne, France, February 2014.

Mikolajczak, M. « Vivre mieux avec ses émotions ». Lecture presented at ENEO, Verviers, Belgium, October 2013.

Mikolajczak, M. « Les compétences émotionnelles ». Lecture presented at the Mutualité Chrétienne, Bruxelles, Belgium, October 2013.

Mikolajczak, M. « Mieux vivre avec ses émotions ». Lecture presented at the Festival des Auteurs Psy, Nimes, France, September 2012.

Mikolajczak, M. « Est-il possible d’être heureux ? ». Lecture presented at “Singularités Plurielles”, Belgium, March 2012.

Mikolajczak, M. « Etre plus heureux… Pourquoi ? Comment ? ». Lecture presented at “Les après-midi culturels”, Belgium, February 2012.

Mikolajczak, M. « Etre plus heureux… Pourquoi ? Comment ? ». Lecture presented at “Les après-midi culturels”, Belgium, March 2012.

Mikolajczak, M. « Etre plus heureux… Pourquoi ? Comment ? ». Lecture presented at “Enerpsy” [Cycle de formation continue pour psychothérapeutes], Belgium, November 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. « Emotions et compétences émotionnelles ». One-day seminar organized for “L’école des pros” [Cycle de formation continue pour enseignants]. Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, October 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. « Améliorer les compétences émotionnelles pour réduire le risque de rechute chez les personnes dépressives ». Lecture presented at the “Journées de la Dépression”, Namur, October 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. & Quoidbach, J. « Etre plus heureux… Pourquoi ? Comment ? ». Lecture presented at the University of Louvain (IPSY Conferences), Belgium, April 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. « Le bonheur est-il dans la consommation ? ». Lecture presented at the University of Louvain (Festival des Possibles), Belgium, March 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. « Comprendre les carences socio-émotionnelles des employés cadres dirigeants ». Lecture presented at France Telecom Orange, Arcueil, France, March 2011.

Mikolajczak, M. Le rôle social des émotions [The social role of emotions]. Panel with Christophe André, Paula Niedenthal & Bernard Rimé in the framework of the conference “Face à nos Emotions”, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris : October 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. La mesure et la remédiation des compétences émotionnelles [The measurement and training of emotional competencies]. Lecture presented at Nexum, La Hulpe, May 2009.

Mikolajczak, M. L’intelligence émotionnelle dans l’entreprise [Emotional Intelligence in organizations]. Lecture presented at the Association des Dirigeants du Personnel (ADD). Brussels, October 2006.