Chris Ferguson's Publications
Academic
Publications:
Manuscripts below are
generally "in press" versions and may differ slightly from final
published manuscripts. Final manuscripts can genrally be found by
visiting the Journal web-page.
In Press [please email
for updated preprints]:
Ferguson,
C.J., & Meehan,
D. C. (in
press).
Saturday
night’s alright for fighting: Antisocial traits, fighting, and weapons
carrying
in a large sample of youth. Psychiatric
Quarterly.
Ferguson, C. J.
(in press). Love is a
battlefield: Risk factors and gender disparities for domestic violence among
Mexican Americans. Journal
of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma.
Ferguson, C. J.,
Olson, C. K., Kutner, L. A., &
Warner, D. E. (in press).
Violent video games, catharsis-seeking,
bullying
and delinquency: A multivariate analysis of effects.
Crime
and Delinquency.
Ferguson, C. J. (in
press). The
modern hunter-gatherer hunts
aliens and gathers power-ups: The evolutionary appeal of violent video
games
and how they can be beneficial. In N.
Koch (Ed.), Evolutionary
psychology and information systems research:
A new approach to studying the effects of modern technologies on human
behavior.
New York:
Springer.
Ferguson,
C.J., Cruz,
A., Martinez, D., Rueda, S., & Ferguson, D.
(in press).
Violence and sex as advertising strategies in
television
commercials. European
Psychologist.
2010
Ferguson, C. J. & Olson, C. K. (2010). The Supreme Court and video game violence: Will regulation be worth the costs to the First Amendment? The Criminologist, 35(4), 18-21.
Ferguson, C. J. (2010). Narcissism run rampant? Let’s not flatter ourselves. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://chronicle.com/article/Narcissism-Run-Rampant-Lets/123705/
Ferguson,
C. J. & Rueda, S. M. (2010). The Hitman study: Violent video game exposure
effects
on aggressive behavior, hostile feelings and depression. European
Psychologist, 15(2), 99-108.
Ferguson, C. J.
(2010). Introduction to the special issue on video games. Review
of General Psychology, 14(2).
Ferguson,
C. J.
(2010). Blazing Angels or Resident Evil? Can violent video games be a force for good? Review
of General Psychology, 14(2), 68-81.
Ferguson, C. J. (2010). Put video games to good use. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Ferguson,
C. J. (2010). A meta-analysis of normal and disordered
personality
across the lifespan. Journal
of Personality and Social
Psychology, 98(4), 659-667.
Ferguson, C. J.,
& Kilburn, J. (2010).
Much
ado
about nothing: The misestimation and over interpretation of violent
video game effects in Eastern and Western nations ~ Comment on
Anderson et al.
(2010). Psychological
Bulletin, 136(2), 174-178.
Ferguson, C.J. (2010). Genetic contributions to antisocial
personality
and behavior (APB): A meta-analytic review from an
evolutionary
perspective. Journal of
Social Psychology, 150(2) 160-180.
Ferguson, C. J., San
Miguel, C., & Hartley, R. (2010). Reply to
Brooks, (2010). Journal of Pediatrics, 156(3),
513-514.
Ferguson, C.J., &
Kilburn, J. (2010).
Reply to Zimmerman & Strasburger, (2010). Journal
of
Pediatrics, 156(1), 169-170.
2009
Ferguson,
C. J. San Miguel, C., & Hartley, R. D. (2009).
A multivariate analysis of youth violence and
aggression:
The influence of family, peers, depression and media violence. Journal
of Pediatrics, 155(6), 904-908.
Ferguson,
C. J. (2009). An effect size primer: A guide
for clinicians and researchers. Professional
Psychology: Research and
Practice, 40(5), 532-538.
Ferguson, C. J.
(2009). Violent
video games:
Dogma, fear and pseudo-science. Sceptical Inquirer, 33(5), 38-54.
Beaver, K.
M., Ratchford, M., & Ferguson,
C. J. (2009).
Evidence of genetic and environmental
effects on the development of low self-control.
Criminal
Justice and Behavior, 36(11),
1158-1172.
Ferguson, C. J. (Ed.).
(2009). Violent
crime: Clinical and social implications. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Ferguson, C.
J. & Hartley, R. D. (2009). The pleasure is momentary...the expense
damnable? The influence of pornography on rape and sexual assault.
Aggression and Violent
Behavior, 14(5),
323-329.
Ferguson, C.
J . & Beaver, K. M. (2009). Natural born killers:
The genetic origins of extreme violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior , 14(5),
286-294.
Ferguson, C.
J. (2009). Not
every
child is secretly a genius. Chronicle
of Higher Education,
Ferguson, C.
J.
(2009). Is
psychological research
really as good as medical research?
Effect size comparisons between psychology and medicine. Review
of General Psychology, 13(2), 130-136.
Ferguson. C. J., &
Kilburn, J. (2009). The Public health risks of media violence: A
meta-analytic review. Journal
of Pediatrics 154(5).
759-763.
Ferguson,
C. J. &
Rueda, S. M. (2009). Examining the validity of the
Modified Taylor
Competitive Reaction Time Test of aggression.
Journal of
Experimental Criminology, 5(2), 121-137.
Ferguson, C. J. (2009).
Media violence effects: Confirmed truth, or just
another X-File? Journal
of Forensic Psychology Practice, 9(2), 103-126.
Ferguson,
C .J. (2009).
Research
on
the effects of violent video games:
A critical analysis. Social
and Personality Psychology Compass, 3.
2008
Ferguson, C. J. (2008). The school shooting/violent video game link:
Causal link
or moral panic? Journal of
Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 5, 25-37.
Ferguson, C. J., Smith, S.,
Miller-Stratton, S., Fritz, S., & Heinrich,
E. (2008). Aggression in the laboratory: Problems
with the validity of the modified Taylor Competitive Reaction Time Test
as a measure
of aggression in media violence studies.
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 17, 118-132.
Ferguson, C. J. (2008). Youth bashing gets old. Chronicle of
Higher Education, 54(48), B5.
Ferguson, C. J.
(2008). Violent video games: How hysteria
and pseudoscience created a phantom public health crisis. Paradigm, 12(2), 12-13, 22.
Ferguson,
C .J., Rueda, S., Cruz, A., Ferguson, D., Fritz, S., & Smith, S.
(2008).
Violent video games and aggression:
Causal relationship or byproduct of family violence and intrinsic
violence motivation?
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 311-332.
Ferguson,
C. J., Cruz, A. M., Martinez,
D., Rueda, S. M., Ferguson,
D. E., & Negy, C. (in press). Personality,
parental, and media influences on aggressive personality and violent
crime in
young adults. Journal of
Aggression,
Maltreatment and Trauma, 17, 395-414.
Ferguson, C. J. (2008).
An evolutionary
approach to understanding violent antisocial behavior: Diagnostic
implications
for duel-process etiology. Journal
of Forensic Psychology Practice, 8(4), 321-343.
Ferguson, C. J. (2008).
From
fraud
to Holocaust: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
In S. Matulich and D. Currie (Eds.), Handbook of Frauds, Scams, and
Swindles:
Failures of Ethics in Leadership (pp 141-150). New York:
Taylor and Francis.
Ferguson, C. J., Miller-Stratton, H., Heinrich, E.,
Fritz, S.,
& Smith, S. (2008).
Judgments of culpability in a filicide
scenario. International
Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 31(1), 51-50.
Ferguson, C. J. (2008). Mental
health counseling with Arab Americans. In C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural
Psychotherapy: Toward a Critical Understanding of Diverse Client
Populations (2nd ed.). Reno,
NV:
Bent Tree Press.
Kamath, V.,
Orooji, B., & Ferguson,
C. J. (2008). Psychotherapy
with Asian Indian immigrants:
Evolving issues and concerns. In
C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural Psychotherapy: Toward a
Critical Understanding
of Diverse Client Populations (2nd
ed.). Reno, NV:
Bent Tree Press. Please
contact Charles Negy for copy.
Negy,
C., & Ferguson,
C.J. (2008). Religious bigotry
in multicultural psychology and therapy.
In C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural
Psychotherapy: Toward a Critical Understanding of Diverse Client
Populations (2nd ed.). Reno,
NV:
Bent Tree Press. Please contact Charles Negy for copy.
Ferguson, C. J.
(2008). Love and war:
Conflicting attitudes toward media violence. PsycCritiques.
53(7).
Ferguson, C. J. (2008,
April 22). Tag ban makes no sense. McLean Connection,
Retrieved 4/22/09 from: http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/category.asp?paper=68&cat=110.
Ferguson, C. J. (2008,
March 16). T-shirt reaction won’t stop
violence. Sunday News, pp.
P1, P5.
2007:
Ferguson,
C. J., San Miguel, C., Kilburn, J., & Sanchez, P.
(2007).
The
effectiveness of school-based anti-bullying programs: A meta-analytic
review. Criminal Justice
Review, 32. 401-414.
Ferguson, C. J. (2007).
The good, the bad and
the ugly: A meta-analytic review of positive and negative effects of
violent video
games. Psychiatric
Quarterly, 78, 309-316.
Ferguson, C. J. (2007).
Video
games: The latest scapegoat for violence. The
Chronicle of Higher Education: Chronicle Review, 53(42),
B20.
Ferguson, C. J. (2007).
Evidence for publication
bias in video game violence effects literature: A meta-analytic review. Aggression
and Violent Behavior, 12, 470-482.
Ferguson, C. J.
(2007). War: What is it good
for?. PsycCritiques, 52(41).
Ferguson, C. J.
(2007). A compendium for
traumatic brain injury medicine.. PsycCritiques. 52(43).
Ferguson, C. J.
(2007). Building the perfect
beast: Neuroscience and modern war. PsycCritiques. 52(17).
2006:
Cully, J., Graham, D., Stanley, M., Ferguson, C. J., Sharafkhaneh,
A., Souchek, J., & Kunik, M.
(2006). Quality
of life in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and comorbid
anxiety or
depression. Psychosomatics: Journal
of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, 47, 312-319.
Ferguson, C. J., Stanley,
M., Souchek, J., & Kunik,
M.E. (2006).
The
utility of somatic symptoms as indicators of depression and anxiety in
military
v eterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Depression
and Anxiety, 23, 42-49.
Ferguson, C. J., & Negy, C. (2006).
Development and preliminary
validation of a defendant and offender screening tool for
psychopathology in inmate
populations. Criminal
Justice and Behavior, 33, 1-22.
2005:
Ferguson, C. J., & Meehan, D. C. (2005).
An
analysis of females convicted of sex crimes
in the state of Florida. Journal
of Child Sexual Abuse, 14(1), 75-89.
Ferguson, C. J., Averill, P. M., Rhoades, H., Rocha,
D.,
Gruber, N., & Gummattira, P.
(2005). Social
isolation, impulsivity and depression as predictors of aggression in a
psychiatric
inpatient population. Psychiatric
Quarterly, 76(2), 123-137.
2004:
Ferguson, C. J., & Negy, C. (2004).
The influence of gender and ethnicity on
judgments of culpability in a
domestic violence scenario. Violence
and Victims, 19(2), 203-220.
Ferguson,
C. (2004). Arab Americans:
Acculturation and prejudice in an era of
international conflict. In C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural
Psychotherapy: Toward a Critical Understanding of Diverse Client
Populations (pp. 265-280). Reno,
NV:
Bent Tree Press.
Negy, C., & Ferguson, C.
(2004). Religious bigotry: The
neglected "ism" in
multicultural psychology. In C. Negy (Ed.), Cross-cultural
Psychotherapy: Toward a Critical Understanding of Diverse Client
Populations (pp. 61-76). Reno,
NV:
Bent Tree Press. Contact
Charles Negy for a copy.
Before 2004:
Ferguson,
C. J., White, D. E., Cherry, S., Lorenz, M., & Bhimani, Z.
(2003).
Defining and classifying serial
murder in the context of perpetrator
motivation. Journal of
Criminal Justice, 31(3), 287-292.