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Indeterminism and the physics of open neural dynamics. — Tewarie, P. K., Gisin, N., Kotsou, I., & Laureys, S. (2026). Trends Open.

Mindfulness and Workers' Mental Well-being: The mediating role of cognitive appraisal and decentring. — Verger, N. B., Shankland, R., Strub, L., Kotsou, I., Leys, C., et al. (2026). European Review of Applied Psychology, 101151.

Rationale For Separating PTSD, Depressive And Anxiety Disorders: A Belgian Study Based On The Terrorist Attacks Of March 22th 2016. — Leys, C., Kotsou, I., Amand, J., Velarde, S. A., & Fossion, P. (2026). International Journal of Advances in Signal and Image Sciences, 455–462.

Sexual quality of life, self-compassion and desire to use onco-sexology support by cancer patients. — Lantheaume, S., Moták, L., Guy, J. B., Paucsik, M., Doublet, L., Préau, M., Kotsou, I., & Huyghe, E. (2025). Bulletin du Cancer.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a mindfulness program adapted to French law enforcement personnel (MBEM): A feasibility study. — Ramdani, C., & Kotsou, I. (2025). Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 1–15.

Measuring Decentering — Development and Validation of the French Version of the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ-F). — Gamaiunova, L., Shankland, R., Moore, M., Mayor, E., Dessart, G., Kotsou, I., & Fresco, D. (2024). Psychological Test Adaptation and Development.

La résilience comme un ensemble de processus en interaction. — Leys, C., Kotsou, I., Ardaya Velarde, S., Miller, S., & Fossion, P. (2024). Revue médicale de Bruxelles, 45(4), 13–19.

Getting outside of ourselves: Towards an other-oriented model of psychological health. — Rosset, E., El-Jor, C., Kotsou, I., & Shankland, R. (2024). International Journal of Wellbeing, 14(2).

Mindfulness-based programs sustainably increase mental health: The role of cognitive fusion and mindfulness practice. — Lantheaume, S., Shankland, R., Buchier, L., Facchin, A., & Kotsou, I. (2024). European Review of Applied Psychology, 74(2), 100876.

The effects of the intergenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma on family functioning, resilience, anxiety and depression. — Leys, C., Fossion, P., Verlarde, S. A., Miller, S., & Kotsou, I. (2024). European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 8(2), 100394.

Mesure des effets de la marche en pleine conscience sur le bien-être. — Duplat, J., Kotsou, I., & Leys, C. (2023). Annales Médico-psychologiques, 181(6), 482–486.

A neurophenomenological approach to non-ordinary states of consciousness: hypnosis, meditation, and psychedelics. — Timmermann, C., Bauer, P. R., Gosseries, O., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Vollenweider, F., Laureys, S., Kotsou, I., et al. (2023). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(2), 139–159.

(Being) mindful: A critical review of the concept. — Kotsou, I., & Leys, C. (2023). Hegel, (2), 146–152.

Interoceptive awareness and anorexia nervosa: When emotions influence the perception of physiological sensations. — Wollast, R., Fossion, P., Kotsou, I., Rebrassé, A., & Leys, C. (2022). The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210(5), 390–393.

Hypnosis, meditation, and self-induced cognitive trance to improve post-treatment oncological patients' quality of life: study protocol. — Grégoire, C., Marie, N., Sombrun, C., Faymonville, M. E., Kotsou, I., Van Nitsen, V., et al. (2022). Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 807741.

Gratitude moderates the relation between daily hassles and satisfaction with life in university students. — Tachon, G., Shankland, R., Marteau-Chasserieau, F., Morgan, B., Leys, C., & Kotsou, I. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24), 13005.

Empowering well-being: Validation of a locus of control scale specific to well-being. — Farnier, J., Shankland, R., Kotsou, I., Inigo, M., Rosset, E., & Leys, C. (2021). Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(8), 3513–3542.

Resilience predicts lower anxiety and depression and greater recovery after a vicarious trauma. — Leys, C., Kotsou, I., Shankland, R., Firmin, M., Péneau, S., & Fossion, P. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), 12608.

Mindfulness-based programs, perceived stress and well-being at work: The preferential use of informal practices. — Verger, N., Shankland, R., Strub, L., Kotsou, I., Leys, C., & Steiler, D. (2021). European Review of Applied Psychology, 71(6), 100709.

Self-compassion and rumination type mediate the relation between mindfulness and parental burnout. — Paucsik, M., Urbanowicz, A., Leys, C., Kotsou, I., Baeyens, C., & Shankland, R. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8811.

Mindfulness and de-automatization: effect of mindfulness-based interventions on emotional facial expressions processing. — Shankland, R., Favre, P., Kotsou, I., & Mermillod, M. (2021). Mindfulness, 12(1), 226–239.

Validation of the English and French versions of the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory short form (MPFI-24). — Gregoire, S., Gagnon, J., Lachance, L., Shankland, R., Dionne, F., Kotsou, I., et al. (2020). Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 18, 99–110.

Perspectives on resilience: Personality trait or skill? — Leys, C., Arnal, C., Wollast, R., Rolin, H., Kotsou, I., & Fossion, P. (2020). European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 4(2), 100074.

Pre-eminence of parental conflicts over parental divorce regarding the evolution of depressive and anxiety symptoms. — Leys, C., Arnal, C., Kotsou, I., Van Hecke, E., & Fossion, P. (2020). European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 4(1), 100102.

How self-compassion moderates the effect of body surveillance on subjective happiness and depression among women. — Wollast, R., Riemer, A. R., Bernard, P., Leys, C., Kotsou, I., & Klein, O. (2019). Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 60(5), 464–472.

Burnout in university students: The mediating role of sense of coherence on the relationship between daily hassles and burnout. — Shankland, R., Kotsou, I., Vallet, F., Bouteyre, E., Dantzer, C., & Leys, C. (2019). Higher Education, 78(1), 91–113.

Improving emotional intelligence: A systematic review of existing work and future challenges. — Kotsou, I., Mikolajczak, M., Heeren, A., Grégoire, J., & Leys, C. (2019). Emotion Review, 11(2), 151–165.

Examining the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale using exploratory SEM bifactor analysis in 20 diverse samples. — Neff, K. D., Tóth-Király, I., Yarnell, L., Kotsou, I., et al. (2019). Psychological Assessment, 31(1), 27–45.

Robust, Replicable, and Theoretically-Grounded: A Response to Brown. — Quoidbach, J., Mikolajczak, M., Gruber, J., Kotsou, I., Kogan, A., & Norton, M. I. (2018). Psychological Assessment.

Acceptance alone is a better predictor of psychopathology and well-being than emotional competence, emotion regulation and mindfulness. — Kotsou, I., Leys, C., & Fossion, P. (2018). Journal of Affective Disorders, 226, 142–145.

Les dangers liés à l'instrumentalisation de la pleine conscience. — Steiler, D., Tarquinio, C., Grégoire, S., Strub, L., & Kotsou, I. (2018). Ad machina, (2), 73–84.

Perspectives on resilience: trait or aptitude? — Rolin, H., Fossion, P., Kotsou, I., & Leys, C. (2018). Revue Médicale de Bruxelles, 39(1), 22–28.

The influence of family dynamics on eating disorders and their consequence on resilience: a mediation model. — Leys, C., Kotsou, I., Goemanne, M., & Fossion, P. (2017). The American Journal of Family Therapy, 45(2), 123–132.

Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS): Psychometric properties of the French version and its relationship to well-being, affect and depression. — Kotsou, I., & Leys, C. (2017). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 49(1), 1–6.

Self-Compassion Scale (SCS): Psychometric properties of the French translation and its relations with psychological well-being, affect and depression. — Kotsou, I., & Leys, C. (2016). PloS ONE, 11(4), e0152880.

Does change in self-reported mindfulness mediate the clinical benefits of mindfulness training? A controlled study using the French FFMQ. — Heeren, A., Deplus, S., Peschard, V., Nef, F., Kotsou, I., Dierickx, C., et al. (2015). Mindfulness, 6(3), 553–559.

Emodiversity and the emotional ecosystem. — Quoidbach, J., Gruber, J., Mikolajczak, M., Kogan, A., Kotsou, I., & Norton, M. I. (2014). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(6), 2057.

Joint effect of alexithymia and mood on the categorization of nonverbal emotional vocalizations. — Bayot, M., Pleyers, G., Kotsou, I., Lefèvre, N., Sauter, D. A., & Vermeulen, N. (2014). Psychiatry Research, 216(2), 242–247.

Sensitive but not sentimental: Emotionally intelligent people can put their emotions aside when necessary. — Mikolajczak, M., Balon, N., Ruosi, M., & Kotsou, I. (2012). Personality and Individual Differences, 52(4), 537–540.

Emotional plasticity: conditions and effects of improving emotional competence in adulthood. — Kotsou, I., Nelis, D., Grégoire, J., & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(4), 827.

Increasing emotional competence improves psychological and physical well-being, social relationships, and employability. — Nelis, D., Kotsou, I., Quoidbach, J., Hansenne, M., Weytens, F., Dupuis, P., & Mikolajczak, M. (2011). Emotion, 11(2), 354.