Dr Kathryn Gardner

Kathryn Gardner, PhD
Lecturer in Psychology
School of Psychology
Darwin Building
Preston
PR1 2HE
E-mail: KJGardner @ uclan.ac.uk (spaces added to avoid e-mail inbox being spammed. Please do not leave spaces when using this e-mail address).

Research Interests

My work to date has focused predominantly on the psychometric properties of emotional intelligence (EI) measures and the validity of ability and trait EI measures, and how both types of EI relate to borderline personality disorder (BPD). I am also working on projects that look at emotional processing in BPD, especially emotion perception and affect regulation.

Teaching

I teach a variety of lectures, workshops and statistics sessions at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Publications

Gardner, K. J., Qualter, P., Stylianou, M. & Robinson, A. J. (in press). Facial affect recognition in nonclinical adults with borderline personality features: the role of effortful control and rejection sensitivity. Personality and Individual Differences.

Gardner, K. J., Qualter. P., & Whiteley, H. E. (in press). Developmental correlates of emotional intelligence: temperament, family environment and childhood trauma. Australian Journal of Psychology.

Qualter, P., Ireland, J. L., & Gardner, K. J. (2010). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Scale (SSREI) in a sample of offenders. British Journal of Forensic Practice, 12, 2, 43-51.

Gardner, K. J., & Qualter, P. (2010). Emotional functioning of individuals with borderline personality traits in a nonclinical population. Psychiatry Research, 176, 208-212.

Gardner, K. J., & Qualter, P. (2010). Concurrent and incremental validity of three trait emotional intelligence measures. Special issue on emotional intelligence, Australian Journal of Psychology, 62, 1, 5-13.

Gardner, K., & Qualter, P. (2009). Reliability and validity of three screening measures of Borderline personality disorder in a nonclinical population, Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 636-641.

Gardner, K., & Qualter, P. (2009). Emotional intelligence and borderline personality disorder, Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 94-98.

Qualter, P., Gardner, K.J, & Whiteley, H. E. (2007). Emotional intelligence: Review of research and educational implications, Pastoral Care in Education, 25, 1, 11-20.

Gardner, K. (2007). Conducting your PhD via the internet. The Psychologist, 20, 4, 232-233.

Rogers, P., Phelps, G., Qualter, P., & Gardner, K. (2006). Belief in the paranormal, coping style and emotional intelligence, Personality and Individual Differences, 41, 6, 1089-1105.

Conference Abstracts

Gardner, K. (2005). A psychometric investigation of four competing measures of emotional intelligence (EI): Distinguishing between EI, perceived EI and mixed EI. Paper presented at the Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group Annual Conference, University of Exeter, 23-25 August, 2005.

Qualter, P & Gardner, K. (2008). Ability and Trait-Emotional Intelligence and Academic Success in British Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the BPS Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference, Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Milton Keynes, 31 October - 02 November, 2008.

Invited Manuscript Reviews

Australian Journal of Psychology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Personality and Individual Differences

British Journal of Psychology

Membership of Professional Bodies

British Psychological Society