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Laura Widman publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laura Widman sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 103 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Laura Widman D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Laura Widman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Laura Widman is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, intersecting with topics related to sexuality, behavior, and technology.

Their work spans several fields of study, notably:

  • Health Professions
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these areas, Widman's subfields include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Gender Studies
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Sociology and Political Science

The main topics explored in their research involve:

  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Widman has published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Body Image
  • Sexuality & Culture
  • JAMA Pediatrics

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Widman include:

  • Sexual Communication in the Digital Age: Adolescent Sexual Communication with Parents and Friends About Sexting, Pornography, and Starting Relationships Online, 2021, Sexuality & Culture
  • The Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale: Development and validation with adolescents, 2020, Body Image
  • Parent-child communication and adolescent sexual decision making: An application of family communication patterns theory., 2021, Journal of Family Psychology
  • Longitudinal associations between appearance-related social media consciousness and adolescents' depressive symptoms, 2022, Journal of Adolescence
  • Associations between adolescents' pornography consumption and self-objectification, body comparison, and body shame, 2021, Body Image

Widman collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Sophia Choukas-Bradley
  • Reina Evans-Paulson
  • Anne J. Maheux
  • Julia Brasileiro
  • Hannah Javidi

Best Publications

  • Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication and Adolescent Safer Sex Behavior A Meta-Analysis

    Laura Widman;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Seth M. Noar;Jacqueline Nesi

  • Sexual Communication Between Early Adolescents and Their Dating Partners, Parents, and Best Friends

    Laura Widman;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Sarah W. Helms;Carol E. Golin

  • Sexual communication and contraceptive use in adolescent dating couples.

    Laura Widman;Deborah P. Welsh;James K. McNulty;Katherine C. Little

  • Adolescent Sexual Health Communication and Condom Use: A Meta-Analysis

    Laura Widman;Seth M. Noar;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Diane B. Francis

  • Adolescent Susceptibility to Peer Influence in Sexual Situations

    Laura Widman;Laura Widman;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Sarah W. Helms;Mitchell J. Prinstein

  • An online growth mindset intervention in a sample of rural adolescent girls.

    Jeni L. Burnette;Michelle V. Russell;Crystal L. Hoyt;Kasey Orvidas

  • Sexual narcissism and the perpetration of sexual aggression.

    Laura Widman;James K. McNulty

  • Stress, Quality of Life and Physical Activity in Women with Varying Degrees of Premenstrual Symptomatology

    Mary Kathleen B. Lustyk;Laura Widman;Amy Paschane;Erika Ecker

  • Physical activity and quality of life: assessing the influence of activity frequency, intensity, volume, and motives.

    M Kathleen B Lustyk;Laura Widman;Amy A E Paschane;Karen C Olson

  • Technology-Based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections and Unintended Pregnancy Among Youth

    Laura Widman;Jacqueline Nesi;Kristyn Kamke;Sophia Choukas-Bradley

  • The Appearance-Related Social Media Consciousness Scale: Development and validation with adolescents.

    Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Jacqueline Nesi;Laura Widman;Brian M. Galla

  • Kissing is good: A developmental investigation of sexuality in adolescent romantic couples

    Deborah P. Welsh;Peter T. Haugen;Laura Widman;Nancy Darling

  • Serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among people living with HIV: Examining the roles of partner characteristics and stigma

    Sarahmona M. Przybyla;Carol E. Golin;Laura Widman;Catherine A. Grodensky

  • The Implications of Sexual Narcissism for Sexual and Marital Satisfaction

    James K. McNulty;Laura Widman

  • Sexual Narcissism and Infidelity in Early Marriage

    James K. McNulty;Laura Widman

  • Randomized Trial of a Single-Session Growth Mind-Set Intervention for Rural Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Problems.

    Jessica L. Schleider;Jeni L. Burnette;Laura Widman;Crystal L. Hoyt

  • Assessment of Parent-Based Interventions for Adolescent Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Laura Widman;Reina Evans;Hannah Javidi;Sophia Choukas-Bradley

  • Gender Differences in Parents' Communication With Their Adolescent Children about Sexual Risk and Sex-Positive Topics.

    Reina Evans;Laura Widman;Kristyn Kamke;J. L. Stewart

  • Adolescents misperceive and are influenced by high-status peers’ health risk, deviant, and adaptive behavior.

    Sarah W. Helms;Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Laura Widman;Matteo Giletta

  • Psychophysiological and neuroendocrine responses to laboratory stressors in women: implications of menstrual cycle phase and stressor type.

    M. Kathleen B. Lustyk;M. Kathleen B. Lustyk;Karen C. Olson;Winslow G. Gerrish;Ashley Holder

  • Camera-ready: Young women’s appearance-related social media consciousness.

    Sophia Choukas-Bradley;Jacqueline Nesi;Laura Widman;M. K. Higgins

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophia Choukas-Bradley
Sophia Choukas-Bradley University of Pittsburgh
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Mitchell J. Prinstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carol E. Golin
Carol E. Golin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seth M. Noar
Seth M. Noar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James K. McNulty
James K. McNulty Florida State University
Chirayath M. Suchindran
Chirayath M. Suchindran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeni L. Burnette
Jeni L. Burnette North Carolina State University
Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Geoffrey L. Cohen
Geoffrey L. Cohen Stanford University
Crystal L. Hoyt
Crystal L. Hoyt University of Richmond

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