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Richard Koestner

Richard Koestner

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Psychology

D-Index
87
Citations
48159
World Ranking
1063
National Ranking
50

Overview

Richard Koestner is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in the field of Psychology, with a particular focus on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The topics of their research span several specific areas including:

  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Motivation and Emotion
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Motivation Science
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
  • Vaccine

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Koestner are:

  • Examining how parent and teacher enthusiasm influences motivation and achievement in STEM, 2020, The Journal of Educational Research
  • Do mindful people set better goals? Investigating the relation between trait mindfulness, self-concordance, and goal progress, 2020, Journal of Research in Personality
  • Unhappy or unsatisfied: distinguishing the role of negative affect and need frustration in depressive symptoms over the academic year and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Motivation and Emotion
  • For the love of reading: Recreational reading reduces psychological distress in college students and autonomous motivation is the key, 2020, Journal of American College Health
  • When Goal Pursuit Gets Hairy: A Longitudinal Goal Study Examining the Role of Controlled Motivation and Action Crises in Predicting Changes in Hair Cortisol, Perceived Stress, Health, and Depression Symptoms, 2021, Clinical Psychological Science

Koestner has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Anne C. Holding
  • Shelby L. Levine
  • Élodie C. Audet
  • Amanda Moore
  • Theodore A. Powers

Best Publications

  • A meta-analytic review of experiments examining the effects of extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation.

    Edward L. Deci;Richard Koestner;Richard M. Ryan

  • Les passions de l'ame: on obsessive and harmonious passion.

    Robert J. Vallerand;Céline Blanchard;Geneviève A. Mageau;Richard Koestner

  • Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motivation in Education: Reconsidered Once Again:

    Edward L. Deci;Richard Koestner;Richard M. Ryan

  • How Do Self-Attributed and Implicit Motives Differ?.

    David C. McClelland;Richard Koestner;Joel Weinberger

  • Relation of reward contingency and interpersonal context to intrinsic motivation: A review and test using cognitive evaluation theory.

    Richard M. Ryan;Valerie Mims;Richard Koestner

  • Setting limits on children's behavior: The differential effects of controlling vs. informational styles on intrinsic motivation and creativity

    Richard Koestner;Richard M. Ryan;Frank Bernieri;Kathleen Holt

  • Self-Regulation and Academic Procrastination

    Caroline Senécal;Richard Koestner;Robert J. Vallerand

  • A self-determination theory approach to predicting school achievement over time: the unique role of intrinsic motivation

    Geneviève Taylor;Tomas Jungert;Geneviève A. Mageau;Kaspar Schattke

  • Ego-involved persistence: When free-choice behavior is not intrinsically motivated

    Richard M. Ryan;Richard Koestner;Edward L. Deci

  • Reflections on self-determination theory

    Robert J. Vallerand;Luc G. Pelletier;Richard Koestner

  • A self-determination theory perspective on parenting.

    Mireille Joussemet;Renée Landry;Richard Koestner

  • The differential effects of intrinsic and identified motivation on well-being and performance: prospective, experimental, and implicit approaches to self-determination theory.

    Kimberly D. Burton;John E. Lydon;David U. D'Alessandro;Richard Koestner

  • Effects of Performance Standards on Teaching Styles: Behavior of Controlling Teachers

    Edward L. Deci;Nancy H. Spiegel;Richard M. Ryan;Richard Koestner

  • On the Development of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion : The Role of Autonomy Support, Activity Specialization, and Identification With the Activity

    Geneviève A. Mageau;Robert J. Vallerand;Julie Charest;Sarah-Jeanne Salvy

  • Attaining personal goals: self-concordance plus implementation intentions equals success.

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  • Psychological needs, motivation, and well-being: A test of self-determination theory across multiple domains

    Marina Milyavskaya;Richard Koestner

  • Autonomous Motivation, Controlled Motivation, and Goal Progress

    Richard Koestner;Nancy Otis;Theodore A. Powers;Luc Pelletier

  • The family origins of empathic concern: a 26-year longitudinal study.

    Richard Koestner;Carol Franz;Joel Weinberger

  • Proximal Job Characteristics, Feelings of Empowerment, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Multidimensional Model

    Marylène Gagné;Caroline B. Senécal;Richard Koestner

  • Facilitating Acceptance of Organizational Change: The Importance of Self-Determination'

    Marylène Gagné;Richard Koestner;Miron Zuckerman

  • Distinguishing three ways of being highly motivated: A closer look at introjection, identification, and intrinsic motivation.

    Richard Koestner;Gaëtan F. Losier

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina Milyavskaya
Marina Milyavskaya Carleton University
David C. Zuroff
David C. Zuroff McGill University
Miron Zuckerman
Miron Zuckerman University of Rochester
Geneviève A. Mageau
Geneviève A. Mageau University of Montreal
Robert J. Vallerand
Robert J. Vallerand University of Quebec at Montreal
Richard M. Ryan
Richard M. Ryan Australian Catholic University
Edward L. Deci
Edward L. Deci University of Rochester
Marylène Gagné
Marylène Gagné Curtin University
Debbie S. Moskowitz
Debbie S. Moskowitz McGill University
David C. McClelland
David C. McClelland Boston University

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