L. Rowell Huesmann
Selected Publications 1972-2010
Eron, L.D., Huesmann, L.R., Lefkowitz, M.M., & Walder, L.O. (1972). Does television violence cause aggression? American Psychologist, 27, 253-263.
Huesmann, L.R. & Cheng, C. (1973). A model for the induction of mathematical functions. Psychological Review, 80, 126-138.
Wilkinson, L. and Huesmann, L.R. (1973). The use of APL in teaching multivariate data analysis. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation, 5(2), 209-211.
Huesmann, L.R., Lefkowitz, M.M., and Eron, L.D. (1978). The sum of MMPI scales F, 4, and 9 as a measure of aggression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46(5), 1071-1078.
Lefkowitz, M.M., Eron, L.D., and Huesmann, L.R. (1978). Parental punishment: a longitudinal analysis of effects. Archives of General Psychiatry, 35, 186-191.
Huesmann, L.R., Fischer, P., Eron, L.D., Mermelstein, R., Kaplan-Shain, & Morikawa, S. (1979). Children's sex-role preference, sex of television model and limitation of aggressive behaviors. Aggressive Behavior.
Rosenfeld, E., Huesmann, L.R., Eron, L.D., and Torney-Purta, J. (1982). Measuring patterns of fantasy behaviors in children. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 347-366.
Eron, L.D., Huesmann, L.R., Brice, P., Fischer, P. and Mermelstein, R. (1983). Age trends in the development of aggression and associated television habits. Developmental Psychology, 19, 71-77.
Huesmann, L.R. Eron, L.D., Klein, R., Brice, P. & Fischer, P. (1983). Mitigating the imitation of aggressive behaviors by changing children's attitudes about media violence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 899-910.
Huesmann, L. R. and Eron, L. D. (1984). Cognitive processes and the persistence of aggressive behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 10, 243-251.
Huesmann, L.R., Lagerspetz, K., & Eron, L.D. (1984). Intervening variables in the television violence-aggression relation: Evidence from two countries. Developmental Psychology, 20, 746-775.
Huesmann, L.R., Eron, L.D., Lefkowitz, M.M. & Walder, L.O. (1984). The stability of aggression over time and generations. Developmental Psychology, 20, 1120-1134.
Huesmann, L.R. & Eron, L.D. (1986). Television and the Aggressive Child: A Cross-national Comparison. Lawrence Erlbaum.
Huesmann, L.R., Eron, L.D., and Yarmel, P.W. (1987). Intellectual functioning and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 232-240.
Huesmann, L.R. (1988). An information processing model for the development of aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 14, 13-24.
Huesmann, L.R. & Eron. L.D. (1989). Individual differences and the trait of aggression. European Journal of Personality, 3(2), 95-106.
Guerra, N.G. & Huesmann, L.R. & Zelli, A. (1990). Attributions for social failure and aggression in incarcerated delinquent youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 18, 342-355.
Eron, L.D. Huesmann, L.R. & Zelli, A. (1991), The role of parental variables in the learning of aggression. In D. Pepler & K. Rubin (Eds.), The Development and Treatment of Childhood Aggression (pp.169-188), Erlbaum.
Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., Berkowitz,
L., & Chaffee, S. (1992). The
effects of television violence on aggression:
A reply to a skeptic. In P.
Suedfeld & P. E. Tetlock (Eds.), Psychology and Social Policy (pp. 191-200).
Huesmann, L.R. (Ed.). (1994). Aggressive behavior: Current perspectives. New York: Plenum.
Huesmann, L. R. & Miller, L. (1994). Long term effects of repeated exposure to media violence in childhood. In Huesmann (Ed.), Aggressive Behavior: Current Perspective (pp. 153-186). New York: Plenum Press.
Guerra, N. G., Nucci, L. & Huesmann, L. R.
(1994). Moral
cognition and childhood aggression.
In L. R. Huesmann (Ed.), Aggressive
Behavior: Current Perspective (pp.
13-33).
Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., Guerra, N. G. & Crawshaw, V. B. (1994). Measuring children’s aggression with teachers’ predictions of peer-nominations. Psychological Assessment, 6, 329-336.
Guerra, N. G., Huesmann, L. R., Tolan, P. H., VanAcker, R. & Eron, L. D. (1995). Stressful events and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 518-528.
Huesmann, L. R., Maxwell, C. D., Eron, L. D., Dahlberg, L. L., Guerra, N. G., Tolan, P. H., VanAcker, R., & Henry, D. (1996). Evaluating a cognitive/ecological program for the prevention of aggression among urban children. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 12(5), 120-128.
Huesmann, L. R. (1997). Observational learning of violent behavior: Social and biosocial processes (pp. 69-88). In A. Raine, P. A. Brennen, D. P. Farrington, & S. A. Mednick (Eds.), Biosocial Bases of Violence. London: Plenum.
Huesmann, L. R. & Guerra, N. G. (1997). Normative beliefs and the development of aggressive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72(2), 1-12.
Huesmann, L. R. (1998). The role of social information processing and cognitive schema in the acquisition and maintenance of habitual aggressive behavior (pp. 73-109). In R. G. Geen & E. Donnerstein (Eds.), Human Aggression: Theories, Research, and Implications for Policy. New York: Academic Press.
Souweidane, V. & Huesmann, L. R. (1999). The influence of American urban culture on the development of normative beliefs about aggression in Middle-Eastern immigrants. American J. of Community Psychology, 27, 239-254.
Huesmann, L. R. & Reynolds, M. (2001). Cognitive processes and the prevention of aggression. In D. Stipek & A. Bohart (Eds.), Constructive and Destructive Behavior: Implications for Family, School, and Society (pp. 249-270). Washington: American Psychological Association Books.
Bushman, B. J. & Huesmann, L. R. (2001). Effects of televised violence on aggression (pp. 223-254). In D. Singer & J. Singer (Eds.), Handbook of Children and the Media, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Huesmann, L. R. (2001). Przemoc na ekranie a przemox w zyciu [Violence on the screen and violence in life]. Nowiny Psychologiczne, 4, 4-34.
Huesmann, L. R., Anderson, C. A., Berkowitz, L., Donnerstein, E., Johnson, J., Linz, D., Malamuth, N., & Wartella, E. (2001). Media violence and youth violence (Summary). In D. Elliot (Ed.) Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General. Washington: US Government Printing Office.
Huesmann, L. R. (2002). Przemoc na ekranie a przemoc w rzeczywistosci – jak zrozumiec zwiazki? [Violence on the screen and violence in real life -- where is the link] (fragmenty) (In:) Przemoc - telewizja - społeczeństwo. Przyczyny – skutki - srodki zaradcze [Violence – Television – Society. Causes – Effects – Remedies]. Konferencja [Proceedings of Conference] Przewodniczacy Krajowej Rady Radiofonii i Telewizji, Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich, Rzecznik Praw Dziecka, Warszawa, pp. 37-46.
Metropolitan Area Research Group [Eron, L. D., Huesmann, L. R., Spindler, A., Guerra, N. G., Henry, D., Tolan, P., & VanAcker, R.]. (2002). A cognitive/ecological approach to preventing aggression in urban settings: Initial outcomes for high risk children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70 (1), 179 - 194.
Huesmann, L. R. (2002). Understanding Aggression Requires Integrating Diverse Perspectives. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development Newsletter, 42(2), 15-16.
Huesmann, L. R. & Beatty, A. (2002). Cumulative media effects (pp. 216-218). In J. R. Schement (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication and Information, Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan.
Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., & Dubow, E. F. (2002). Childhood predictors of adult criminality: Are all risk factors reflected in childhood aggressiveness? Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, 12(3), 185-208.
Huesmann, L. R., Moise, J., Podolski, C. P. & Eron, L. D. (2003). Longitudinal relations between childhood exposure to media violence and adult aggression and violence: 1977-1992. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 201-221.
Huesmann, L. R. & Skoric, M. (2003). Regulating media violence: Why, how, and by whom? (pp. 219-240). In B. Young & E. Palmer (Ed.) Children and the Faces of Televisual Media: Teaching, Violence, Selling. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Guerra, N. G., Huesmann, L. R., & Spindler, A. J. (2003). Community violence exposure, social cognition, and aggression among urban elementary-school children. Child Development, 74(5), 1507-1522.
Bennett, S., Farrington, D. P., Huesmann, L. R. (2003). Explaining gender differences in crime and violence: The importance of social cognitive skills. Aggression and Violent Behavior.
Anderson, C. A., & Huesmann, L. R. (2003). Human aggression: A social-cognitive view (pp. 296-323). In M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.) The Handbook of Social Psychology, Revised Edition. London: Sage Publications. (2007). Reprinted in M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.) (pp. 259-287). The Sage Handbook of Social Psychology, London: Sage Publications.
Huesmann, L. R. & Podolski, C. L. (2003). Punishment and the development of aggressive and antisocial behavior (pp. 55-88). In S. McConville (Ed.), The Use of Punishment. Cullompton, UK: Willan Publishing.
Huesmann, L. R. & Taylor, L. D. (2003). The case against the case against media violence (pp. 107-130). In D. Gentile (Ed.) Media Violence and Children. Westport: Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
Anderson, C.A., Berkowitz, L., Donnerstein, E., Huesmann, L.R., Johnson, J., Linz, D., Malamuth, N., & Wartella, E. (2003). The influence of media violence on youth. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 4(3), 81-110.
Dubow, E. F., Huesmann, L. R., & Boxer, P. (2003). Theoretical and methodological considerations in cross-generational research on parenting and child aggressive behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31(2), 185-192.
Guerra, N. & Huesmann, L. R. (2004). Une theorie cognitivo-ecologique du comportement agressif. [A cognitive-ecological model of aggression.] Revue Internationale de PsychologieSociale.
Bennett, S., Farrington, D. P., Huesmann, L. R. (2004). Explaining gender differences in crime and violence: The importance of social cognitive skills. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 10(3), 263-288.
2005-2006
Huesmann, L. R. (2005). Imitation and the effects of observing media violence on behavior (pp. 257-266). In S. Hurley & N. Chater (Eds.). Perspectives on imitation: From neuroscience to social science; Volume 2: Imitation, human development, and culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Huesmann, L. R. (2005). Acquiring morality by imitating emotions: A commentary (pp. 386-387). In S. Hurley & N. Chater (Eds.). Perspectives on imitation: From neuroscience to social science; Volume 2: Imitation, human development, and culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Boxer, P., Guerra, N.G., Huesmann, L.R., & Morales, J. (2005). Proximal peer-level effects of a small-group selected prevention on aggression in elementary school children: An investigation of the peer contagion hypothesis. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(3), 325-338.
Huesmann, L. R. (2005). Mechanisms and theories of cross-generational transmission of aggression. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 65(2), 236.
Huesmann, L. R. & Taylor, L. D... (2006). The role of the mass media in violent behavior. In R. C. Brownson et al. (Eds.). Annual Review of Public Health, 26. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews Publishers.
Huesmann, L. R., Dubow, E. F., Eron, L. D., & Boxer, P. (2006). Middle childhood family-contextual and personal factors as predictors of adult outcomes. In A. C. Huston & M. N. Ripke (Eds.), Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood (pp. 62-86). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Huesmann, L. R. & Taylor, L. D. (2006). Media effects in middle childhood. In A. C. Huston & M. N. Ripke (Eds.), Developmental Context of Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood (pp. 303-326). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Dubow, E. F., Huesmann, L. R., Boxer, P., Pulkkinen, L., & Kokko, K. (2006). Middle childhood and adolescent contextual and personal predictors of adult educational and occupational outcomes: A mediational model in two countries. Developmental Psychology, 42(6), 937-949.
Bushman, Brad J., Huesmann, L. R., (2006). Short-term and Long-term Effects of Violent Media on Aggression in Children and Adults. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160, 348-352.
Dubow, E. F., Huesmann, L. R. & Greenwood, D. (2006). Media and Youth Socialization: Underlying Processes and Moderators of Effects. In J. Grusec & P. Hastings (Eds.). The Handbook of Socialization (pp. 404-432). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Henry, D. B. & The Metropolitan Area Child Research Group [Eron, L. D., Guerra, N., Huesmann, L. R., Tolan, P., & VanAcker, R] (2006). Associations between Peer Nominations, Teacher Ratings, Self-Reports, and Observations of Malicious and Disruptive Behavior. Assessment, 13(3), 241-252.
2007-2008
The Metropolitan Area Child Research Group [Huesmann, L. R., Guerra, N. G., Henry, D., & Tolan, P.] (2007). Changing the way children "think" about aggression: Social cognitive effects of a preventive intervention for early elementary school urban youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(1), 160-167.
Huesmann, L. R. & Kirwil, L. (2007). Why observing violence increases the risk of violent behavior in the observer. In D. Flannery (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Huesmann, L. R. (2007). The Impact of Electronic Media Violence: Scientific Theory and Research. Journal of Adolescent Health, 41(6 Suppl. 1), s6-13. [PMID:18047947]
Bushman, B. J. & Huesmann, L. R. (2008). Violence as media content: Effects on children. In W. Donsbach (Ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Communication, (pp. 5287-5291). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Davis-Kean, P. E., Huesmann, L. R., Jager, J., Collins, W. A., Bates, J. E., & Lansford, J. E. (2008). Changes in the Relation of Self-efficacy Beliefs and Behaviors across Development. Child Development, 79, 1257-1269.
Dubow, E. F., Boxer, P., & Huesmann, L. R. (2008). Childhood and Adolescent Predictors of Early and Middle Adulthood Alcohol Use and Problem Drinking: The Columbia County Longitudinal Study. Addiction, 103(Suppl.1), 36-47. [PMID: 18426539]
2009-2010 & in press
Huesmann, L. R., Dubow, E. F., and Boxer, P. (2009). Continuity of Aggression from Childhood to Early Adulthood as a Predictor of Life Outcomes: Implications for the Adolescent-Limited and Life-Course-Persistent Models. Aggressive Behavior, 35(2), 136-149. [PMID: 19189380].
Boxer, P., Huesmann, L. R., Bushman, B., O’Brien, M., Moceri, D. (2009). The role of violent media preference in cumulative developmental risk for violence and general aggression. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(3), 417-428. [PMID: 19636754]
Kokko, K., Pulkkinen, L., Huesmann, L. R., Dubow, E. F., & Boxer, P. (2009). Intensity of aggression in childhood as a predictor of different forms of adult aggression: A two-country (Finland and United States) Analysis. Journal of Research in Adolescence.
Dubow, E.F., Boxer, P., & Huesmann, L.R. (2009). Long-term effects of parents’ educational and occupational success: Mediation by family interactions, child aggression, and teenage aspirations. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 55(3), 224-249. [PMC2853053]
Dubow, E. F., Huesmann, L. R., & Boxer, P. (2009). A Social-Cognitive-Ecological Framework for Understanding the Impact of Exposure to Persistent Ethnic-Political Violence on Children’s Psychosocial Adjustment. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 12(2), 113-126. [PMCID: PMC2744398]
Bushman, B. J., Huesmann, L. R., & Whitaker, J. L. (2009). Violent media effects. In R. L. Nabi & M. B. Oliver (Eds.), Media processes and effects (pp. 361-376). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., Yukawa, S., Ihori, N., Saleem, M., Ming, L. K., Liau, A. K., Khoo, A., Bushman, B. J., Huesmann, L. R., & Sakamoto, A. (2009). The effects of prosocial video games on prosocial behaviors: International evidence from correlational, longitudinal, and experimental studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 752-763.
Bushman, B. J., & Huesmann, L. R. (2010). Aggression. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., Ch. 23, pp. 833-863). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Huesmann, L. R. (2010). How to grow a terrorist without really trying: The Psychological Development of Terrorists from Childhood to Adulthood. In D. Antonius, A. D. Brown, T. K. Walters, J. M. Ramirez & S. J. Sinclair (Eds.). Interdisciplinary Analysis of Terrorism and Aggression (pp. 1-21). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Huesmann, L. R. (2010). Nailing the coffin shut on doubts that violent video games stimulate aggression: Comment on Anderson. Psychological Bulletin. 136, 179-181. [NIHMS185246]
Dubow, E. F., Boxer, P., Huesmann, L. R., Shikaki, K., Landau, S., Gvirsman, S. D., & Ginges, J. (2010). Exposure to Conflict and Violence across Contexts: Relations to Adjustment among Palestinian Children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 39, 103-116. [PMC2856124]
Landau, S. F., Gvirsman, S. D., Huesmann, L. R., Dubow, E. F., Boxer, P. Ginges, J., and Shikaki, K. (2010). The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Aggressive Behavior: The Case of Arab and Jewish Children in Israel. In K. Osterman (Ed.), Indirect and direct aggression. New York: Peter Lang.