Rajiv N. Rimal, Ph.D - Publications

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Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States 

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2022 Yilma H, Rimal RN, Parida M. Multilevel theorizing in health communication: Integrating the Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) framework and the Theory of Normative Social Behavior (TNSB). Plos One. 17: e0271804. PMID 35867775 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271804  0.326
2019 Sedlander E, Rimal RN. Beyond Individual-Level Theorizing in Social Norms Research: How Collective Norms and Media Access Affect Adolescents' Use of Contraception. The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society For Adolescent Medicine. 64: S31-S36. PMID 30914165 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jadohealth.2018.12.020  0.323
2019 Kumar N, Turbitt E, Biesecker BB, Miller IM, Cham B, Smith KC, Rimal RN. Managing the need to tell: Triggers and strategic disclosure of thalassemia major in Singapore. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. PMID 30821068 DOI: 10.1002/Ajmg.A.61107  0.303
2019 Bieniek-Tobasco A, McCormick S, Rimal RN, Harrington CB, Shafer M, Shaikh H. Communicating climate change through documentary film: imagery, emotion, and efficacy Climatic Change. 154: 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/S10584-019-02408-7  0.334
2018 Sedlander E, Bingenheimer JB, Thiongo M, Gichangi P, Rimal RN, Edberg M, Munar W. "They Destroy the Reproductive System": Exploring the Belief that Modern Contraceptive Use Causes Infertility. Studies in Family Planning. PMID 30411794 DOI: 10.1111/Sifp.12076  0.345
2018 Sedlander E, Bingenheimer JB, Edberg MC, Rimal RN, Shaikh H, Munar W. Understanding modern contraception uptake in one Ethiopian community: a case study. Reproductive Health. 15: 111. PMID 29925395 DOI: 10.1186/S12978-018-0550-3  0.321
2018 Padon AA, Rimal RN, Siegel M, DeJong W, Naimi TS, JernFigan DH. Alcohol brand use of youth-appealing advertising and consumption by youth and adults. Journal of Public Health Research. 7: 1269. PMID 29780765 DOI: 10.4081/Jphr.2018.1269  0.312
2017 Juon HS, Rimal RN, Klassen A, Lee S. Social Norm, Family Communication, and HBV Screening among Asian Americans. Journal of Health Communication. 22: 981-989. PMID 29173103 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1388454  0.357
2017 Ranjit YS, Snyder LB, Hamilton MA, Rimal RN. Self-Determination Theory and Risk Behavior in a Collectivistic Society: Preventing Reckless Driving in Urban Nepal. Journal of Health Communication. 1-10. PMID 28753075 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2017.1341569  0.423
2017 Juon H, Rimal R, Lee S. Abstract C72: Social norms, family communication, and hepatitis B screening among Asian Americans Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 26. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7755.Disp16-C72  0.388
2016 Padon AA, Rimal RN, DeJong W, Siegel M, Jernigan D. Assessing Youth-Appealing Content in Alcohol Advertisements: Application of a Content Appealing to Youth (CAY) Index. Health Communication. 1-10. PMID 27982709 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2016.1250331  0.322
2016 Padon AA, Rimal RN, Jernigan D, Siegel M, Dejong W. Tapping Into Motivations for Drinking Among Youth: Normative Beliefs About Alcohol Use Among Underage Drinkers in the United States. Journal of Health Communication. 1-9. PMID 27668832 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1222030  0.387
2016 Borsky AE, McDonnell K, Turner MM, Rimal R. Raising a Red Flag on Dating Violence: Evaluation of a Low-Resource, College-Based Bystander Behavior Intervention Program. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. PMID 26965908 DOI: 10.1177/0886260516635322  0.401
2016 Borsky AE, McDonnell K, Rimal RN, Turner M. Assessing Bystander Behavior Intentions Toward Friends to Prevent Dating Violence: Development of the Bystander Behavior Intentions-Friends Scale Through Concept Mapping and Exploratory Factor Analysis. Violence and Victims. PMID 26822267 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.Vv-D-13-00196  0.402
2016 Mollen S, Holland RW, Ruiter RAC, Rimal RN, Kok G. When the Frame Fits the Social Picture : The Effects of Framed Social Norm Messages on Healthy and Unhealthy Food consumption Communication Research. 1-33. DOI: 10.1177/0093650216644648  0.33
2015 Rimal RN, Sripad P, Speizer IS, Calhoun LM. Interpersonal communication as an agent of normative influence: a mixed method study among the urban poor in India. Reproductive Health. 12: 71. PMID 26265221 DOI: 10.1186/S12978-015-0061-4  0.383
2015 Chung AH, Rimal RN. Revisiting the importance of knowledge: from namibia, a case for promoting knowledge by campaigns to reduce stigma. Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society For Public Health Education. 42: 249-56. PMID 25288490 DOI: 10.1177/1090198114550824  0.301
2015 Rimal RN, Chung AH, Dhungana N. Media as Educator, Media as Disruptor: Conceptualizing the Role of Social Context in Media Effects Journal of Communication. 65: 863-887. DOI: 10.1111/Jcom.12175  0.377
2015 Rimal RN, Lapinski MK. A Re-Explication of Social Norms, Ten Years Later Communication Theory. 25: 393-409. DOI: 10.1111/Comt.12080  0.397
2014 Mead EL, Rimal RN, Ferrence R, Cohen JE. Understanding the sources of normative influence on behavior: the example of tobacco. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 115: 139-43. PMID 24910005 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2014.05.030  0.38
2014 Kaufman MR, Rimal RN, Carrasco M, Fajobi O, Soko A, Limaye R, Mkandawire G. Using social and behavior change communication to increase HIV testing and condom use: the Malawi BRIDGE Project. Aids Care. 26: S46-9. PMID 24735337 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.906741  0.416
2014 Limaye RJ, Rutkow L, Rimal RN, Jernigan DH. Informal alcohol in Malawi: stakeholder perceptions and policy recommendations. Journal of Public Health Policy. 35: 119-31. PMID 24257631 DOI: 10.1057/Jphp.2013.43  0.332
2014 Girma E, Gebretsadik LA, Kaufman MR, Rimal RN, Morankar SN, Limaye RJ. Stigma against people with HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia, 2005 to 2011: signs and predictors of improvement. Aids and Behavior. 18: 1046-53. PMID 24072513 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-013-0611-0  0.302
2014 Borzekowski D, Clearfield E, Rimal R, Gielen A. Young children's perceptions of fire-safety messages: do framing and parental mediation matter? Journal of Burn Care & Research : Official Publication of the American Burn Association. 35: 303-12. PMID 23877137 DOI: 10.1097/Bcr.0B013E31829Afe6C  0.34
2014 Woolf J, Rimal RN, Sripad P. Understanding the influence of proximal networks on high school athletes' intentions to use androgenic anabolic steroids Journal of Sport Management. 28: 8-20. DOI: 10.1123/Jsm.2013-0046  0.345
2013 Rimal RN, Mollen S. The role of issue familiarity and social norms: findings on new college students' alcohol use intentions. Journal of Public Health Research. 2: 31-7. PMID 25170478 DOI: 10.4081/Jphr.2013.E7  0.476
2013 Mollen S, Rimal RN, Ruiter RA, Kok G. Healthy and unhealthy social norms and food selection. Findings from a field-experiment. Appetite. 65: 83-9. PMID 23402712 DOI: 10.1016/J.Appet.2013.01.020  0.342
2013 Siegel M, DeJong W, Naimi TS, Fortunato EK, Albers AB, Heeren T, Rosenbloom DL, Ross C, Ostroff J, Rodkin S, King C, Borzekowski DL, Rimal RN, Padon AA, Eck RH, et al. Brand-specific consumption of alcohol among underage youth in the United States. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 37: 1195-203. PMID 23398328 DOI: 10.1111/Acer.12084  0.3
2013 Mollen S, Rimal RN, Ruiter RA, Jang SA, Kok G. Intervening or interfering? The influence of injunctive and descriptive norms on intervention behaviours in alcohol consumption contexts. Psychology & Health. 28: 561-78. PMID 23289490 DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.752827  0.397
2013 Jang SA, Rimal RN, Cho N. Normative influences and alcohol consumption: the role of drinking refusal self-efficacy. Health Communication. 28: 443-51. PMID 22809467 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.691455  0.429
2013 Jang SA, Rimal RN, Cho NA. Exploring Parental Influences in the Theory of Normative Social Behavior: Findings From a Korean High School Sample Communication Research. 40: 52-72. DOI: 10.1177/0093650211407061  0.394
2013 Rimal RN, Limaye RJ, Roberts P, Brown J, Mkandawire G. The Role of Interpersonal Communication in Reducing Structural Disparities and Psychosocial Deficiencies: Experience From the Malawi BRIDGE Project Journal of Communication. 63: 51-71. DOI: 10.1111/Jcom.12000  0.35
2013 Marfani F, Rimal RN, Juon HS. Understanding Immigrant Women's Information Needs: Role of Acculturation in Breast Cancer Prevention among Immigrant Asian Indian Women Journal of Applied Communication Research. 41: 126-140. DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2012.754485  0.302
2012 Limaye RJ, Rimal RN, Mkandawire G, Roberts P, Dothi W, Brown J. Talking About Sex in Malawi: Toward a Better Understanding of Interpersonal Communication for HIV Prevention. Journal of Public Health Research. 1: 117-25. PMID 25170453 DOI: 10.4081/Jphr.2012.E17  0.333
2012 Mead E, Roser-Renouf C, Rimal RN, Flora JA, Maibach EW, Leiserowitz A. Information Seeking about Global Climate Change among Adolescents: The Role of Risk Perceptions, Efficacy Beliefs and Parental Influences. Atlantic Journal of Communication. 20: 31-52. PMID 22866024 DOI: 10.1080/15456870.2012.637027  0.381
2011 Creel AH, Rimal RN. Factors related to HIV-testing behavior and interest in testing in Namibia. Aids Care. 23: 901-7. PMID 21390881 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.540227  0.347
2010 Mollen S, Rimal RN, Lapinski MK. What is normative in health communication research on norms? A review and recommendations for future scholarship. Health Communication. 25: 544-7. PMID 20845138 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2010.496704  0.318
2010 Rimal RN, Juon HS. Use of the risk perception attitude framework for promoting breast cancer prevention Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 40: 287-310. DOI: 10.1111/J.1559-1816.2009.00574.X  0.325
2009 Rimal RN, Brown J, Mkandawire G, Folda L, Böse K, Creel AH. Audience segmentation as a social-marketing tool in health promotion: use of the risk perception attitude framework in HIV prevention in Malawi. American Journal of Public Health. 99: 2224-9. PMID 19833992 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2008.155234  0.364
2009 Rimal RN, Lapinski MK. Why health communication is important in public health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 87: 247-247a. PMID 19551226 DOI: 10.2471/Blt.08.056713  0.369
2009 Rimal RN, Bose K, Brown J, Mkandawire G, Folda L. Extending the purview of the risk perception attitude framework: findings from HIV/AIDS prevention research in Malawi. Health Communication. 24: 210-8. PMID 19415553 DOI: 10.1080/10410230902804109  0.438
2009 Lapinski MK, Rimal RN, Klein KA, Shulman HC. Risk perceptions of people living with HIV/AIDS: how similarity affects optimistic bias. Journal of Health Psychology. 14: 251-7. PMID 19237492 DOI: 10.1177/1359105308100209  0.328
2008 Smith RA, Rimal R. The impact of social capital on HIV-related actions as mediated by personal and proxy efficacies in Namibia. Aids and Behavior. 13: 133-44. PMID 18941884 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-008-9476-Z  0.388
2008 Rimal RN, Creel AH. Applying social marketing principles to understand the effects of the radio diaries program in reducing HIV/AIDS stigma in Malawi. Health Marketing Quarterly. 25: 119-46. PMID 18935882 DOI: 10.1080/07359680802126186  0.327
2008 Ho L, Gittelsohn J, Sharma S, Cao X, Treuth M, Rimal R, Ford E, Harris S. Food-related behavior, physical activity, and dietary intake in First Nations - a population at high risk for diabetes. Ethnicity & Health. 13: 335-49. PMID 18701993 DOI: 10.1080/13557850701882936  0.308
2008 Ho LS, Gittelsohn J, Rimal R, Treuth MS, Sharma S, Rosecrans A, Harris SB. An integrated multi-institutional diabetes prevention program improves knowledge and healthy food acquisition in northwestern Ontario First Nations. Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society For Public Health Education. 35: 561-73. PMID 18456866 DOI: 10.1177/1090198108315367  0.308
2008 Rimal RN. Modeling the relationship between descriptive norms and behaviors: a test and extension of the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB). Health Communication. 23: 103-16. PMID 18443998 DOI: 10.1080/10410230801967791  0.472
2007 Real K, Rimal RN. Friends talk to friends about drinking: exploring the role of peer communication in the theory of normative social behavior. Health Communication. 22: 169-80. PMID 17668996 DOI: 10.1080/10410230701454254  0.695
2007 Lapinski MK, Rimal RN, Devries R, Lee EL. The role of group orientation and descriptive norms on water conservation attitudes and behaviors. Health Communication. 22: 133-42. PMID 17668993 DOI: 10.1080/10410230701454049  0.428
2006 Rimal RN, Morrison D. A uniqueness to personal threat (UPT) hypothesis: how similarity affects perceptions of susceptibility and severity in risk assessment. Health Communication. 20: 209-19. PMID 17137413 DOI: 10.1207/S15327027Hc2003_1  0.321
2006 Turner MM, Rimal RN, Morrison D, Kim H. The role of anxiety in seeking and retaining risk information: Testing the risk perception attitude framework in two studies Human Communication Research. 32: 130-156. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2958.2006.00006.X  0.371
2006 Yanovitzky I, Rimal RN. Communication and normative influence: An introduction to the special issue Communication Theory. 16: 1-6. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2885.2006.00002.X  0.42
2005 Rimal RN, Lapinski MK, Cook RJ, Real K. Moving toward a theory of normative influences: how perceived benefits and similarity moderate the impact of descriptive norms on behaviors. Journal of Health Communication. 10: 433-50. PMID 16199387 DOI: 10.1080/10810730591009880  0.69
2005 Rimal RN, Real K. Assessing the perceived importance of skin cancer: how question-order effects are influenced by issue involvement. Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society For Public Health Education. 32: 398-412. PMID 15851546 DOI: 10.1177/1090198104272341  0.629
2005 Rimal RN, Real K. How behaviors are influenced by perceived norms a test of the theory of normative social behavior Communication Research. 32: 389-414. DOI: 10.1177/0093650205275385  0.705
2005 Lapinski MK, Rimal RN. An explication of social norms Communication Theory. 15: 127-147. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2885.2005.Tb00329.X  0.453
2004 Stephens KK, Rimal RN, Flora JA. Expanding the reach of health campaigns: community organizations as meta-channels for the dissemination of health information. Journal of Health Communication. 9: 97-111. PMID 14960406 DOI: 10.1080/10810730490271557  0.329
2003 Rimal RN. Intergenerational transmission of health: the role of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and communicative factors. Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society For Public Health Education. 30: 10-28. PMID 12564665 DOI: 10.1177/1090198102239256  0.369
2003 Rimal RN, Real K. Perceived risk and efficacy beliefs as motivators of change: Use of the risk perception attitude (RPA) framework to understand health behaviors Human Communication Research. 29: 370-399. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2958.2003.Tb00844.X  0.66
2003 Rimal RN, Real K. Understanding the influence of perceived norms on behaviors Communication Theory. 13: 184-203. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2885.2003.Tb00288.X  0.684
2001 Rimal RN. Longitudinal influences of knowledge and self-efficacy on exercise behavior: Tests of a mutual reinforcement model Journal of Health Psychology. 6: 31-46. DOI: 10.1177/135910530100600103  0.343
2001 Rimal RN. Perceived risk and self-efficacy as motivators: Understanding individuals' long-term use of health information Journal of Communication. 51: 633-654. DOI: 10.1111/J.1460-2466.2001.Tb02900.X  0.35
2000 Rimal RN. Closing the knowledge-behavior gap in health promotion: the mediating role of self-efficacy Health Communication. 12: 219-237. PMID 10938914 DOI: 10.1207/S15327027Hc1203_01  0.344
1999 Rimal RN, Flora JA, Schooler C. Achieving improvements in overall health orientation: Effects of campaign exposure, information seeking, and health media use Communication Research. 26: 322-348. DOI: 10.1177/009365099026003003  0.352
1998 Rimal RN, Flora JA. Bidirectional familial influences in dietary behavior: Test of a model of campaign influences Human Communication Research. 24: 610-637. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-2958.1998.Tb00433.X  0.365
1997 Rimal RN, Ratzan SC, Arntson P, Freimuth VS. Reconceptualizing the "Patient": Health Care Promotion as Increasing Citizens' Decision-Making Competencies Health Communication. 9: 61-74. DOI: 10.1207/S15327027Hc0901_5  0.318
1997 Flora JA, Saphir MN, Schooler C, Rimal RN. Toward a framework for intervention channels: Reach, involvement, and impact Annals of Epidemiology. 7. DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)80013-0  0.35
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