Expectancy violations theory

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Expectancy violations theory

Quality:

Expectancy violations theory - theory that sees communication as an exchange of behaviors, where one’s behavior can be used to violate another’s expectations, which can be perceived positively or negatively depending on an existing relationships. Article “Expectancy violations theory” in English Wikipedia has 93.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 233 references and 32 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Expectancy violations theory” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Expectancy violations theory”, its content was written by 97 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 107 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 20 times in English Wikipedia and cited 25 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7399 in March 2014
  • Global: #35920 in March 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #125675 in October 2013
  • Global: #221427 in October 2013

There are 5 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Expectancy violations theory
93.853
2Russian (ru)
Теория нарушения ожиданий
51.8404
3Romanian (ro)
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
50.1285
4Arabic (ar)
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
29.009
5Chinese (zh)
期望违背理论
28.8558
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Expectancy violations theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Expectancy violations theory
644 564
2Russian (ru)
Теория нарушения ожиданий
39 338
3Chinese (zh)
期望违背理论
699
4Arabic (ar)
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
609
5Romanian (ro)
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
156
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Expectancy violations theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Expectancy violations theory
1 391
2Russian (ru)
Теория нарушения ожиданий
335
3Chinese (zh)
期望违背理论
103
4Arabic (ar)
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
17
5Romanian (ro)
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Expectancy violations theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Expectancy violations theory
97
2Russian (ru)
Теория нарушения ожиданий
5
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
2
4Romanian (ro)
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
2
5Chinese (zh)
期望违背理论
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Expectancy violations theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Expectancy violations theory
1
2Chinese (zh)
期望违背理论
1
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
0
4Romanian (ro)
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
0
5Russian (ru)
Теория нарушения ожиданий
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Expectancy violations theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Expectancy violations theory
20
2Russian (ru)
Теория нарушения ожиданий
2
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
1
4Romanian (ro)
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
1
5Chinese (zh)
期望违背理论
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية انتهاكات التوقع
enEnglish
Expectancy violations theory
roRomanian
Teoria încălcării așteptărilor
ruRussian
Теория нарушения ожиданий
zhChinese
期望违背理论

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#125675
10.2013
Global:
#221427
10.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7399
03.2014
Global:
#35920
03.2014

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Expectancy violations theory from Wikipedia articles about Transactional analysis, Relational transgression, Surprise, Proxemics and Expectancy theory. Whereas reading the article about Expectancy violations theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Proxemics, Judee K. Burgoon, Social Exchange Theory, Interpersonal adaptation theory and Transactional analysis.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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