| Media exposure, current and future body ideals, and disordered eating among preadolescent girls: A longitudinal panel study K Harrison, V Hefner Journal of youth and Adolescence 35, 146-156, 2006 | 310 | 2006 |
| From love at first sight to soul mate: The influence of romantic ideals in popular films on young people's beliefs about relationships V Hefner, BJ Wilson Communication Monographs 80 (2), 150-175, 2013 | 215 | 2013 |
| Information-seeking practices during the sexual development of lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals: The influence and effects of coming out in a mediated environment BJ Bond, V Hefner, KL Drogos Sexuality & Culture 13, 32-50, 2009 | 206 | 2009 |
| Virtually perfect: Image retouching and adolescent body image K Harrison, V Hefner Media Psychology 17 (2), 134-153, 2014 | 137 | 2014 |
| Putative secrets: When information is supposedly a secret JP Caughlin, AM Scott, LE Miller, V Hefner Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 26 (5), 713-743, 2009 | 75 | 2009 |
| Happily ever after? A content analysis of romantic ideals in Disney princess films V Hefner, RJ Firchau, K Norton, G Shevel Communication Studies 68 (5), 511-532, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| The influence of television and film viewing on midlife women's body image, disordered eating, and food choice V Hefner, K Woodward, L Figge, JL Bevan, N Santora, S Baloch Media Psychology 17 (2), 185-207, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
| Media, body image, and eating disorders K Harrison The Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents and media, 250-257, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| Congressional candidates' issue agendas on-and off-line T Sulkin, CM Moriarty, V Hefner Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics 12 (2), 63-79, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| Teasing among college men and women S Beck, SE Clabaugh, RA Clark, MC Kosovski, R Daar, V Hefner, T Kmetz, ... Communication Studies 58 (2), 157-172, 2007 | 40 | 2007 |
| The portrayal of race online: A content analysis of the portrayal of racial stereotypes in a new media environment CL Josey, RJ Hurley, V Hefner, TL Dixon Race/gender/media: Considering diversity across audiences, content, and …, 2009 | 34 | 2009 |
| Mobile exercising and tweeting the pounds away: The use of digital applications and microblogging and their association with disordered eating and compulsive exercise V Hefner, SM Dorros, N Jourdain, C Liu, A Tortomasi, MP Greene, ... Cogent Social Sciences 2 (1), 1, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| An experiment investigating the links among online dating profile attractiveness, ideal endorsement, and romantic media V Hefner, J Kahn Computers in Human Behavior 37, 9-17, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
| Does love conquer all? An experiment testing the association between types of romantic comedy content and reports of romantic beliefs and life satisfaction. V Hefner Psychology of Popular Media Culture 8 (4), 376, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| From love at first sight to soul mate: Romantic ideals in popular films and their association with young people's beliefs about relationships V Hefner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011 | 23 | 2011 |
| An exploration of topics, conflict styles, and rumination in romantic nonserial and serial arguments JL Bevan, V Hefner, A Love Southern Communication Journal 79 (4), 347-360, 2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| Tuning into fantasy: Motivations to view wedding television and associated romantic beliefs. V Hefner Psychology of Popular Media Culture 5 (4), 307, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Refusing to tolerate intolerance: An experiment testing the link between exposure to gay-related content and resulting attitudes and behaviors V Hefner, T Galaviz, V Morse, RJC Firchau, C Basile, R Todd, F Naude, ... Sexuality & Culture 19, 864-881, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
| Does the Glass Slipper Fit? V Hefner, VE Kretz Journal of Media Psychology, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Variables, mediating types V Hefner SAGE, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
