Understanding the Influence of Perceived Norms on Behaviors

By Rajiv N. Rimal, Kevin Real. 2003

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science

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Information-Sharing in Academia and the Industry: A Comparative Study (2011, background): “In genral, norms are structural characteristics of a group that influences trongly individual behavior (e.g., Rimal and Real, 2003).”
An Explication of Social Norms (2005, background): “Rimal and Real (2003) posited that the explanatory power of norms-based models can be enhanced if careful attention is paid to the underlying cognitive mechanisms.”
How Behaviors are Influenced by Perceived Norms (2005, methodology): “Based on our prior work (Rimal & Real, 2003), in this article, we propose the theory of normative social behavior (TNSB) that accomplishes two tasks.”
The relationship between social identity, normative information, and college student drinking (2007, background): “The link between the misperception of college drinking norms and alcohol consumption has been demonstrated both cross‐sectionally (Borsari & Carey, 2003 ; Larimer et al, 2004 ; Rimal & Real, 2003 , 2005 ) and prospectively (Larimer et al, 2004 ; Sher, Bartholow, & Nanda, 2001 ).”
Social Identity, Self-Categorization, and the Communication of Group Norms (2006, background): “People also know, Communication Theory 16 (2006) 7–30 ª 2006 International Communication Association 13 and strive to know, with some precision how well they themselves match the prototype, how well others match the prototype, and how prototypical others think one is (e.g., Haslam, Oakes, McGarty, T”
Social norms and cooperation in real-life social dilemmas (2008, background): “At the individual level, the two types of norms may converge because other people’s behaviour serves as a cue to what is expected of the individual (e.g., Bicchieri, 2002, 2006; Rimal & Real, 2003).”
Predictors and Consequences of Conversations About Health Promoting Media Messages (2010, background): “These normative perceptions, in turn, are likely to influence future behavior (Rimal & Real, 2003).”
A content analysis of how ‘normal’ sports betting behaviour is represented in gambling advertising (2018, background): “On the other hand, injunctive norms refer to ‘the extent to which individuals feel pressured into engaging in a behaviour’ (Rimal and Real 2003, p. 187).”
The Motivational Roots of Norms for Environmentally Responsible Behavior (2009, background): “The construct reliability for subjective social norms, especially for recycling, is clearly below the commonly acceptable threshold (which is, by the way, quite common, eg, Rimal & Real, 2003 ; Thogersen, 2009 ).”