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Richard Koestner

ResearcherPsychologyMcGill University

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Richard Koestner

Researcher

Psychology

Social Sciences and Humanities

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 16 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 15 research grants (14 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

motivation well-being autonomy goal progress well being Post-traumatic growth Black Psychology COVID-19 pandemic

Latest papers

Autonomy Support from Healthcare Professionals Improves Functioning in Early Psychosis Through Psychological Growth.
Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026
Autonomy Support, Personality Traits, and Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of personality · 2026 · senior author
Evaluating the Impact of the How-to Parenting Program on Child Mental Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Grade Schools.
Family process · 2025 · senior author

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Equitable Access to Healthcare for Quebec English-Speaking Minority Communities
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,455,119
Reconceptualizing autonomy: Testing whether a collaborative form of autonomy, measured dispositionally or induced experimentally, improves the pursuit of life goals over time
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$35,018
The Métis of Pahonanis: Gathering Our History Project
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$55,864

All 20 grants and awards

34 publications.

Autonomy Support from Healthcare Professionals Improves Functioning in Early Psychosis Through Psychological Growth.

Thai H, O'Driscoll GA, Koestner R, Somer E, Lepage M

Schizophrenia bulletin2026

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf249 PMID: 41863373

Autonomy Support, Personality Traits, and Subjective Well-Being.

Audet É, Holding A, Verner-Filion J, Thomas B, Moore A, Koestner R

Journal of personality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jopy.70050 PMID: 41493129

Evaluating the Impact of the How-to Parenting Program on Child Mental Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Grade Schools.

Joussemet M, Mageau GA, Larose MP, Robichaud JM, Dufour S, Vitaro F, Koestner R

Family process2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/famp.70081 PMID: 41177539

Understanding COVID-19 vaccination disparity among Black adults in North America: A two-study motivational approach.

Fang X, Holding AC, Audet ÉC, Thai H, Koestner R

Vaccine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127803 PMID: 41043306

Extracurricular Activities-Extra Beneficial: The Role of Motivation for Extracurricular Activities on Outcomes in High-School Students.

Verner-Filion J, Holding AC, Gingras I, Koestner R

Journal of adolescence2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jad.70008 PMID: 40533929

Should parents apologize to their adolescents to mend their parent-adolescent relationship? A multi-method, multi-phase investigation.

Robichaud JM, Schumann K, Kil H, Koestner R, Mageau GA

Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence2025

DOI: 10.1111/jora.70024 PMID: 40235069

The role of motivation in clinical presentation, treatment engagement and response in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: A systematic review.

Thai H, Audet ÉC, Koestner R, Lepage M, O'Driscoll GA

Clinical psychology review2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102471 PMID: 39111125

Disparities in Healthcare Accessibility and Discrimination Faced by Black Quebecers: a Race and Language Perspective.

Fang X, Davids J, Koestner R

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01724-0 PMID: 37495906

Motivation for COVID-19 Vaccination: Applying a Self-Determination Theory Perspective to a Global Health Crisis.

Thai H, Audet ÉC, Koestner R

Vaccine2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.023 PMID: 38599989

The Impact of Language on the Mental Health of Black Quebecers.

Nweze N, Davids J, Fang X, Holding A, Koestner R

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01412-5 PMID: 36745264

Advancing Equitable Access to Healthcare for Quebec English-Speaking Minority Communities

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: OLMC in Health Research - English speaking OLMC

Principal investigators: Karunananthan, Sathya; Montour, Derek; Auger, Nathalie; Bergman, Howard; Koestner, Richard; Loiselle, Carmen G; Tanuseputro, Peter

Keywords: Big Data; Health Equity; Health Services; Language; Linguistic Minorities

$1,455,119

Reconceptualizing autonomy: Testing whether a collaborative form of autonomy, measured dispositionally or induced experimentally, improves the pursuit of life goals over time

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard F.

Keywords: autonomy; motivation; goal progress; well being;

$35,018

The Métis of Pahonanis: Gathering Our History Project

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stevenson, Allyson D.

Keywords: Métis history; GIS research; interdisciplinary Indigenous research; Western History; Settlement and Agricultural History; Policy and Legislation; Race and Racialization;

$55,864

Tracking the psychological effects of collective autonomy restriction over time: How Quebec's new language laws are impacting the current adjustment and future expectations of English-speaking Quebecers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard

Keywords: Language discrimination; Bilingualism; Autonomy restriction; Motivation; Well being

$32,644

Distinct Forms of Motivation to Challenge Systemic Racism: Origins and Consequences

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kachanoff, Frank J.

Keywords: Social Psychology; Intergroup Relations; Motivation; Systemic Racism; Identity; Politics; Social (In)Equity

$59,677

Post-Traumatic Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Black Communities: Evidence and Implications

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard

Keywords: Post-traumatic growth; Black Psychology; COVID-19 pandemic; Psychological adjustment; Longitudinal Development; Well-being; Racial minorities

$33,122

Post-Traumatic Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Black Communities: Evidence and Implications

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard

Keywords: Post-traumatic growth; Black Psychology; COVID-19 pandemic; Psychological adjustment; Longitudinal Development; Well-being; Racial minorities

$25,478

Quebec's Bill 96 and the longitudinal impacts of collective autonomy restriction on the well-being of English-Speaking Black young adults

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard F.

Keywords: collective autonomy restriction; Black adults; language differences; psychosocial impacts of language laws

$24,000

Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: Fostering Motivation to Enhance Efficacy

SupervisorCIHR2022Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Thai, Helen

Keywords: Cognitive Health Interventions; Cognitive Remediation; Intervention Design And Delivery; Metacognitive Training; Motivation; Patient-Oriented Research; Psychosis; Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders; Self-Determination Theory; Virtual Interventions

$105,000

A Psycho-social Check-up of the Quebec English Speaking Black Community on the 2nd Anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19 in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Koestner, Richard F.

Keywords: visible minorities; intraminority solidarity; motivation; young adultsy; discrimination

$38,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Richard Koestner

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Autonomy Support from Healthcare Professionals Improves Functioning in Early Psychosis Through Psychological Growth.

Autonomy Support, Personality Traits, and Subjective Well-Being.

Evaluating the Impact of the How-to Parenting Program on Child Mental Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Grade Schools.

Understanding COVID-19 vaccination disparity among Black adults in North America: A two-study motivational approach.

Extracurricular Activities-Extra Beneficial: The Role of Motivation for Extracurricular Activities on Outcomes in High-School Students.

Should parents apologize to their adolescents to mend their parent-adolescent relationship? A multi-method, multi-phase investigation.

The role of motivation in clinical presentation, treatment engagement and response in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: A systematic review.

Disparities in Healthcare Accessibility and Discrimination Faced by Black Quebecers: a Race and Language Perspective.

Motivation for COVID-19 Vaccination: Applying a Self-Determination Theory Perspective to a Global Health Crisis.

The Impact of Language on the Mental Health of Black Quebecers.

Advancing Equitable Access to Healthcare for Quebec English-Speaking Minority Communities

Reconceptualizing autonomy: Testing whether a collaborative form of autonomy, measured dispositionally or induced experimentally, improves the pursuit of life goals over time

The Métis of Pahonanis: Gathering Our History Project

Tracking the psychological effects of collective autonomy restriction over time: How Quebec's new language laws are impacting the current adjustment and future expectations of English-speaking Quebecers

Distinct Forms of Motivation to Challenge Systemic Racism: Origins and Consequences

Post-Traumatic Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Black Communities: Evidence and Implications

Post-Traumatic Growth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Black Communities: Evidence and Implications

Quebec's Bill 96 and the longitudinal impacts of collective autonomy restriction on the well-being of English-Speaking Black young adults

Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: Fostering Motivation to Enhance Efficacy

A Psycho-social Check-up of the Quebec English Speaking Black Community on the 2nd Anniversary of the arrival of COVID-19 in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Geneviève Beaulieu-Pelletier

Jean-Michel Robichaud

Martin Lepage

Frank Kachanoff

Jérémie Verner-Filion

Carsten Wrosch

Martin Lepage

Hali Kil