Carolyn MacCann Ph.D.

About

Carolyn MacCann, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Sydney. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Sydney and completed post-doctoral fellowships at ETS (Princeton, NJ, USA) and the Australian Graduate School of Management (Sydney, Australia).

Her research focuses on psychological assessment and test development, particularly on “soft skills” such as emotional intelligence, personality, teamwork, and time management. She studies the mechanisms underpinning emotion regulation, and the processes by which emotional intelligence affects valued outcomes such as job performance, academic achievement, and wellbeing.

She has published over 90 articles, chapter and books and is currently an Associate Editor of Personality Science

Recent Posts

How Can Health Care Leaders Help Their Followers Feel Better?

Health care staff are more satisfied if their leaders help them reappraise difficult events, but less satisfied if leaders ask them to hide how they feel.

How to Tell if You're Helping Someone or Making Things Worse

We often think we are doing a great job at making someone feel better, only to find out that our efforts made them feel worse.

3 Ways to Help a Partner When They're Feeling Down

What do people in satisfying relationships do when their partner is feeling low? Three top techniques to help your partner feel better.

What Do We Do to Help Others Feel Better?

We do more, listen more, and empathize more for close friends than others.

Reminders of Death Can Help Us Live Authentic Lives

Can thinking about death be beneficial? New research suggests it can help us live more authentic lives.

Flexible Emotion Regulation Requires Emotional Intelligence

What do people with high emotional intelligence do to regulate their emotions?

Why Do We Have Emotions?

What can your emotions do for you?

What Are Emotions?

What happens when we feel an emotion?

Why Emotional Intelligence Might Help You Do Your Job

Do emotionally intelligent people do better at their jobs? Only if their jobs require emotional labor.

Why You Need Emotional Intelligence to Succeed at School

Do you need emotional intelligence to succeed at school? Being smart and working hard is important but understanding feelings gives students the edge.