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2023

Audet, É., Levine, S., Dubois, P., Koestner, S., & Koestner, R. (2023). The Unanticipated Virtual Year: How the Big 5 Personality Traits of Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness Impacted Engagement in Online Classes during the COVID-19 Crisis. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 53(4), 298-315.

Audet, É. C., Thai, H., Holding, A. C., Davids, J., Fang, X., & Koestner, R. (2023). The depth of stories: How Black young adults' disclosure of high arousal negative affect in narratives about the COVID‐19 pandemic and the BLM protests improved adjustment over the year 2020. Journal of Community Psychology, 51(4), 1504-1517.

Avery, J., Leboeuf, J., Holding, A., Moore, A., Levine, S., & Koestner, R. (2023). Rewriting the script: How COVID-19 affected the relation between intrinsic aspirations and depressive symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 200, 111869.

Fang, X., Davids, J., & Koestner, R. (2023). Disparities in Healthcare Accessibility and Discrimination Faced by Black Quebecers: a Race and Language Perspective. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12.

Lafreniere, B., Audet, É. C., Kachanoff, F., Christophe, N. K., Holding, A. C., Janusauskas, L., & Koestner, R. (2023). Gender differences in perceived racism threat and activism during the Black Lives Matter social justice movement for Black young adults. Journal of Community Psychology.

Nweze, N., Davids, J., Fang, X., Holding, A., & Koestner, R. (2023). The Impact of Language on the Mental Health of Black Quebecers. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-11.

2022

Moore, Amanda Marie, Holding, Anne Catherine, Levine, Shelby, Powers, Theodore & Koestner, Richard. (2022). Agreeableness and Conscientiousness promote successful adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic through effective internalization of public health guidelines. Motivation and Emotions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09948-z

Lekes, Natasha, Martin, Brandon, Levine, Shelby, Koestner, Richard, & Hart, Jennifer (2022). A Death and Dying Class Benefits Life and Living: Evidence From a Nonrandomized Controlled Study. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. doi: 10.1177/00221678221079069

Audet, Élodie C., Leboeuf, Julie, Holding, Anne C., Davids, John, Fang, Xiaoyan, & Koestner, Richard. (2022). Better Together: Family and Peer Support for Black Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Trends in Psychology, 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s43076-022-00157-8

2021

Audet, Élodie C., Levine, Shelby L., Metin, Ezelbahar, Koestner, Sophie, & Barcan, Stephanie. (2021). Zooming their way through university: Which Big 5 traits facilitated students' adjustment to online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 180, 110969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110969

2020

Gorin, Amy A, Powers, Theodore A, Gettens, Katelyn, Cornelius, Talea, Koestner, Richard, Mobley, Amy R, et al. (2020). A randomized controlled trial of a theory-based weight-loss program for couples. Health Psychology, 39, 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000808

2016-18

Mageau, Genevieve A, Lessard, Joannie, Carpentier, Joelle, Robichaud, Jean-Michel, Joussemet, Mireille & Koestner, Richard. (2018). Effectiveness and acceptability beliefs regarding logical consequences and mild punishments. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 54, 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2017.11.001

 

Milyavskaya, Marina, Saffran, Mark, Hope, Nora & Koestner, Richard. (2018). Fear of missing out: Prevalence, dynamics, and consequences of experiencing FOMO. Motivation and Emotion, 42, 725-737. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-018-9683-5

 

2011-16

Hermanto, Nicola, Zuroff, David C, Kopala-Sibley, Daniel C, Kelly, Allison C, Matos, Marcela, Gilbert, Paul, et al. (2016). Ability to receive compassion from others buffers the depressogenic effect of self-criticism: A cross-cultural multi-study analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 98, 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.055

 

Joussemet, Mireille, Mageau, Genevieve A & Koestner, Richard. (2014). Promoting optimal parenting and children's mental health: A preliminary evaluation of the how-to parenting program. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23, 949-964. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9751-0

 

Philippe, Frederick L, Koestner, Richard & Lekes, Natasha. (2013). On the directive function of episodic memories in people's lives: A look at romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 164-179. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030384

 

Kopala-Sibley, Daniel C, Zuroff, David C & Koestner, Richard. (2012). The determinants of negative maternal parenting behaviours: Maternal, child, and paternal characteristics and their interaction. Early Child Development and Care, 182, 683-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2011.572165

 

Philippe, Frederick L, Koestner, Richard, Beaulieu-Pelletier, Genevieve, Lecours, Serge & Lekes, Natasha. (2012). The role of episodic memories in current and future well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211429805

 

Philippe, Frederick L, Koestner, Richard, Lecours, Serge, Beaulieu-Pelletier, Genevieve & Bois, Katy. (2011). The role of autobiographical memory networks in the experience of negative emotions: How our remembered past elicits our current feelings. Emotion, 11, 1279-1290. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025848

 

2005-07

Downie, Michelle, Koestner, Richard & Chua, Sook Ning. (2007). Political support for self-determination, wealth, and national subjective well-being. Motivation and Emotion, 31, 174-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-007-9070-0

 

Downie, Michelle, Mageau, Genevieve A, Koestner, Richard & Liodden, Tone. (2006). On the risk of being a cultural chameleon: Variations in collective self-esteem across social interactions. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 12, 527-540. https://doi.org/10.1037/1099-9809.12.3.527

 

Gonzalez, Alexei Quintero & Koestner, Richard. (2006). What Valentine Announcements Reveal about the Romantic Emotions of Men and Women. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 55, 767-773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-006-9130-z

 

Koestner, Richard & Mageau, Genevieve A. (2006). The Assessment of Implicit and Explicit Self-Esteem: Lessons from Motive Research. Kernis, Michael H [Ed]. Self-esteem issues and answers: A sourcebook of current perspectives. New York, NY, US: Psychology Press, US; pp. 96-101. Retrieved from http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=psyc5&NEWS=N&AN=2006-12386-012.

 

Koestner, Richard, Horberg, E. J, Gaudreau, Patrick, Powers, Theodore, Di Dio, Pasqualina, Bryan, Christopher, et al. (2006). Bolstering Implementation Plans for the Long Haul: The Benefits of Simultaneously Boosting Self-Concordance or Self-Efficacy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1547-1558. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167206291782

Gonzalez, Alexei Quintero & Koestner, Richard. (2005). Parental Preference for Sex of Newborn as Reflected in Positive Affect in Birth Announcements. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 52, 407-411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-005-2683-4

2000-04

Downie, Michelle, Koestner, Richard, ElGeledi, Shaha & Cree, Kateri. (2004). The impact of cultural internalization and integration on well-being among tricultural individuals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167203261298

 

Vallerand, Robert J, Blanchard, Celine, Mageau, Genevieve A, Koestner, Richard, Ratelle, Catherine, Leonard, Maude, et al. (2003). Les passions de l'ame: On obsessive and harmonious passion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 756-767. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.85.4.756

 

Koestner, Richard, Houlfort, Nathalie, Paquet, Stephanie & Knight, Christine. (2001). On the risks of recycling because of guilt: An examination of the consequences of introjection. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 2545-2560. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb00190.x

 

Aube, Jennifer, Fichman, Laura, Saltaris, Christina & Koestner, Richard. (2000). Gender differences in adolescent depresive symptomatology: Towards an integrated social-developmental model. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 19, 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2000.19.3.297

 

Gagne, Marylene, Koestner, Richard & Zuckerman, Miron. (2000). Facilitating acceptance of organizational change: The importance of self-determination. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 1843-1852. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02471.x

 

Igreja, Isabel, Zuroff, David C, Koestner, Richard, Saltaris, Christina, Brouillette, Marie-Josee & LaLonde, Richard. (2000). Applying self-determination theory to the prediction and well-being in gay men with HIV and AIDS. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 686-706. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02819.x

 

Igreja, Isabel, Zuroff, David C, Koestner, Richard, Saltaris, Christina, Brouillette, Marie-Josee & Lalonde, Richard. (2000). Social motives, social support, and distress in gay men differing in HIV status. Journal of Research in Personality, 34, 287-304. https://doi.org/10.1006/jrpe.1999.2277

 

1990-99

Fichman, Laura, Koestner, Richard, Zuroff, David C & Gordon, Laurel. (1999). Depressive styles and the regulation of negative affect: A daily experience study. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, 483-495. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018768320680

 

Losier, Gaetan F & Koestner, Richard. (1999). Intrinsic versus identified regulation in distinct political campaigns: The consequences of following politics for pleasure versus personal meaningfulness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167299025003002

 

Fichman, Laura, Koestner, Richard & Zuroff, David C. (1997). Dependency and distress at summer camp. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 26, 217-232. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024556732581

 

Saragovi, Carina, Koestner, Richard, Di Dio, Lina & Aube, Jennifer. (1997). Agency, communion, and well-being: Extending Helgeson's (1994) model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 593-609. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.73.3.593

 

Senecal, Caroline, Lavoie, Kim & Koestner, Richard. (1997). Trait and situational factors in procrastination: An interactional model. Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 12(4) , 889-903. Retrieved from http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=psyc3&NEWS=N&AN=1997-38871-004.

 

Di Dio, Lina, Saragovi, Carina, Koestner, Richard & Aube, Jennifer. (1996). Linking personal values to gender. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 34, 621-636. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01551498

 

Fichman, Laura, Koestner, Richard & Zuroff, David C. (1996). Dependency, self-criticism, and perceptions of inferiority at summer camp: I'm even worse than you think. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25, 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537383

 

Koestner, Richard, Losier, Gaetan F, Vallerand, Robert J & Carducci, Donald. (1996). Identified and introjected forms of political internalization: Extending self-determination theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 1025-1036. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.70.5.1025

 

Aube, Jennifer & Koestner, Richard. (1995). Gender characteristics and relationship adjustment: Another look at similarity-complementarity hypotheses. Journal of Personality, 63, 879-904. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00319.x

 

Aube, Jennifer, Norcliffe, Hilary & Koestner, Richard. (1995). Physical characteristics and the multifactorial approach to the study of gender characteristics. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 23, 69-82. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1995.23.1.69

 

Aube, Jennifer, Norcliffe, Hilary, Craig, Judy-Anne & Koestner, Richard. (1995). Gender characteristics and adjustment-related outcomes: Questioning the masculinity model. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 284-295. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167295213009

 

Koestner, R, Aube, J, Ruttner, J & Breed, S. (1995). Theories of ability and the pursuit of challenge among adolescents with mild mental retardation. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 39, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1995.tb00914.x

 

Koestner, Richard & Aube, Jennifer. (1995). A multifactorial approach to the study of gender characteristics. Journal of Personality, 63, 681-710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00510.x

 

Koestner, Richard, Losier, Gaetan F, Worren, Nicolay M, Baker, Lisa & Vallerand, Robert J. (1995). False consensus effects for the 1992 Canadian referendum. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 27, 214-225. https://doi.org/10.1037/0008-400X.27.2.214

 

Walker, A. Marie, Koestner, Richard & Hum, Andrew. (1995). Personality correlates of depressive style in autobiographies of creative achievers. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 29, 75-94. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2162-6057.1995.tb00738.x

 

Zuroff, David C, Stotland, Stephen, Sweetman, Esther, Craig, Judy-Anne & Koestner, Richard. (1995). Dependency, self-criticism and social interactions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 34, 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1995.tb01488.x

 

Aube, Jennifer, Koestner, Richard, Hodgins, Holley & Craig, Judy-Anne. (1994). Masculine traits and reports of social functioning: Evidence for a positivity bias. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 31, 621-636. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01544284

 

Bernieri, Frank J, Zuckerman, Miron, Koestner, Richard & Rosenthal, Robert. (1994). Measuring person perception accuracy: Another look at self-other agreement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167294204004

 

Fichman, Laura, Koestner, Richard & Zuroff, David C. (1994). Depressive styles in adolescence: Assessment, relation to social functioning, and developmental trends. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 23, 315-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01536722

 

Koestner, Richard, Bernieri, Frank & Zuckerman, Miron. (1994). Self-peer agreement as a function of two kinds of trait relevance: Personal and social. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 22, 17-30. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1994.22.1.17

 

Koestner, Richard, Franz, Carol & Weinberger, Joel. (1994). The family origins of empathic concern: A 26-year longitudinal study. Puka, Bill [Ed]. Reaching out: Caring, altruism, and prosocial behavior. New York, NY, US: Garland Publishing, US; pp. 273-281. Retrieved from http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=psyc3&NEWS=N&AN=1995-97181-015.

 

Zuroff, David C, Koestner, Richard & Powers, Theodore A. (1994). Self-criticism at age 12: A longitudinal study of adjustment. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 18, 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357511

 

Aube, Jennifer & Koestner, Richard. (1993). "Gender characteristics and adjustment: A longitudinal study": Addendum. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 2. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0092822

 

Hodgins, Holley S & Koestner, Richard. (1993). The origins of nonverbal sensitivity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 466-473. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167293194011

 

Aube, Jennifer & Koestner, Richard. (1992). Gender characteristics and adjustment: A longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 485-493. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.63.3.485

 

Koestner, Richard & McClelland, David C. (1992). The affiliation motive. Smith, Charles P [Ed], Atkinson, John W [Ed], McClelland, David C [Ed], Veroff, Joseph [Ed]. Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis. New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press, US; pp. 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511527937.014.

 

Koestner, Richard, Bernieri, Frank & Zuckerman, Miron. (1992). Self-regulation and consistency between attitudes, traits, and behaviors. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167292181008

 

Koestner, Richard, Zuroff, David C & Powers, Theodore A. (1991). Family origins of adolescent self-criticism and its continuity into adulthood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 191-197. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.100.2.191

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Miyake, Kunitate, Koestner, Richard, Baldwin, Charles H & Osborne, Jason W. (1991). Uniqueness as a moderator of self-peer agreement. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 385-391. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167291174005

 

Koestner, Richard, Franz, Carol & Weinberger, Joel. (1990). The family origins of empathic concern: A 26-year longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 709-717. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.58.4.709

 

before 1990

Koestner, Richard, Bernieri, Frank & Zuckerman, Miron. (1989). Trait-specific versus person-specific moderators of cross-situational consistency. Journal of Personality, 57, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1989.tb00758.x

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Bernieri, Frank, Koestner, Richard & Rosenthal, Robert. (1989). To predict some of the people some of the time: In search of moderators. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.57.2.279

 

Koestner, Richard & Wheeler, Ladd. (1988). Self-presentation in personal advertisements: The influence of implicit notions of attraction and role expectations. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 5, 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1177/026540758800500202

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Koestner, Richard, DeBoy, Thomas, Garcia, Teresa, Maresca, Bridget C & Sartoris, Janet M. (1988). To predict some of the people some of the time: A reexamination of the moderator variable approach in personality theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1006-1019. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.54.6.1006

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Koestner, Richard & Colella, Michele J. (1985). Learning to detect deception from three communication channels. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 9, 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01000739

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Kernis, Michael R, Driver, Robert & Koestner, Richard. (1984). Segmentation of behavior: Effects of actual deception and expected deception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 1173-1182. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.46.5.1173

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Koestner, Richard & Alton, Audrey O. (1984). Learning to detect deception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.46.3.519

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Koestner, Richard, Colella, Michele J & Alton, Audrey O. (1984). Anchoring in the detection of deception and leakage. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.47.2.301

 

Deci, Edward L, Spiegel, Nancy H, Ryan, Richard M, Koestner, Richard & Kauffman, Manette. (1982). Effects of performance standards on teaching styles: Behavior of controlling teachers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 852-859. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.74.6.852

 

Wheeler, Ladd, Koestner, Richard & Driver, Robert E. (1982). Related attributes in the choice of comparison others: It's there, but it isn't all there is. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 18, 489-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031%2882%2990068-3

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Driver, Robert & Koestner, Richard. (1982). Discrepancy as a cue to actual and perceived deception. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 7, 95-100. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986871

 

Zuckerman, Miron, Koestner, Richard & Driver, Robert. (1981). Beliefs about cues associated with deception. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 6, 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00987286

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