Maria Knight Lapinski

Best Publications

• An Explication of Social Norms

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Rajiv N. Rimal

  1780
  Citations

• A Re‐Explication of Social Norms, Ten Years Later

  Rajiv N. Rimal;Maria K. Lapinski

  449
  Citations

• Fear appeals and persuasion: A review and update of the Extended Parallel Process Model.

  Erin K. Maloney;Maria K. Lapinski;Kim Witte

  412
  Citations

• Self‐Construal Scales Lack Validity

  Timothy R. Levine;Mary Jiang Bresnahan;Hee Sun Park;Maria Knight Lapinski

  363
  Citations

• Assessing Media Influences on Middle School–Aged Children's Perceptions of Women in Science Using the Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST):

  Jocelyn Steinke;Maria Knight Lapinski;Nikki Crocker;Aletta Zietsman-Thomas

  348
  Citations

• Moving toward a theory of normative influences: How perceived benefits and similarity moderate the impact of descriptive norms on behaviors.

  Rajiv N Rimal;Maria Knight Lapinski;Rachel J Cook;Kevin Real

  300
  Citations

• The Role of Group Orientation and Descriptive Norms on Water Conservation Attitudes and Behaviors

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Rajiv N. Rimal;Rebecca DeVries;Ee Lin Lee

  160
  Citations

• The Influence of Exposure to Depictions of Race and Crime in TV News on Viewer's Social Judgments

  Dana Mastro;Maria Knight Lapinski;Maria A. Kopacz;Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz

  160
  Citations

• Portrayals of Male and Female Scientists in Television Programs Popular Among Middle School-Age Children:

  Marilee Long;Jocelyn Steinke;Brooks Applegate;Maria Knight Lapinski

  155
  Citations

• Recommendations for the role of social science research in One Health.

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Julie A. Funk;Lauren T. Moccia

  126
  Citations

• Testing the Effects of Social Norms and Behavioral Privacy on Hand Washing: A Field Experiment

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Erin K. Maloney;Mary Braz;Hillary C. Shulman

  105
  Citations

• The Desirability of Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis on Published Scales

  Timothy Levine;Craig R. Hullett;Monique Mitchell Turner;Maria Knight Lapinski

  105
  Citations

• Modeling the ego-defensive function of attitudes

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Franklin J. Boster

  102
  Citations

• Segmentation of US consumers based on food safety attitudes

  Jean Kennedy;Michelle Worosz;Ewen C. Todd;Maria K. Lapinski

  99
  Citations

• StarvingforPerfect.com: A Theoretically Based Content Analysis of Pro-Eating Disorder Web Sites

  Maria Knight Lapinski

  91
  Citations

• Gender Differences in Adolescents’ Wishful Identification With Scientist Characters on Television:

  Jocelyn Steinke;Brooks Applegate;Maria Lapinski;Lisa Ryan

  82
  Citations

• What is normative in health communication research on norms? A review and recommendations for future scholarship.

  Saar Mollen;Rajiv N. Rimal;Maria Knight Lapinski

  82
  Citations

• The down low, social stigma, and risky sexual behaviors: insights from African-American men who have sex with men.

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Mary E. Braz;Erin K. Maloney

  81
  Citations

• The impact of guilt and type of compliance‐gaining message on compliance

  Franklin J. Boster;Monique M. Mitchell;Maria Knight Lapinski;Heather Cooper

  78
  Citations

• Social Influence in Child Care Centers: A Test of the Theory of Normative Social Behavior

  Maria Knight Lapinski;Jenn Anderson;Alicia Shugart;Ewen Todd

  63
  Citations