Chris Ferguson's Publications

Ferguson, C. J., Coulson, M., & Barnett, J.  (2011).  A Meta-analysis of pathological gaming prevalence and comorbidity with mental health, academic and social problems.  Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(12), 1573-1578.

 

Ferguson, C. J., Coulson, M., & Barnett, J.  (2011).  Psychological profiles of school shooters: Positive directions and one big wrong turn.  Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations11(2), 141-158.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  VVG research in the aftermath of Brown v EMA: Lessons for the field of criminology.  The Criminologist, 36(6), 14-16.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  Sexting behaviors among young Hispanic women: Incidence and association with other high-risk sexual behaviors.  Psychiatric Quarterly, 82(3), 239-243.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011). The Influence of Television and Video Game Use on Attention and School Problems: A Multivariate Analysis With Other Risk Factors Controlled.  Journal of Psychiatric Research, 45(6), 808-813.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  A further plea for caution against medical professionals overstating video game violence effects.  Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 86(8), 820-821.  (Note that this comment is on Hall, Day & Hall, 2011 and includes discussions by scholars both supportive and against the conclusions of the original Hall, Day & Hall article which can be found here.)

 

Ferguson, C. J., Munoz, M. E., Contreras, C., & Velasquez, K.  (2011).  Mirror, mirror on the wall: Peer competition, television influences and body image dissatisfaction.  Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30(5), 458-483.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  Video games and youth violence: A prospective analysis in adolescents.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(4). 377-391.

 

Ferguson, C. J., Winegard, B., & Winegard, B. M.  (2011).  Who is the fairest one of all? How evolution guides peer and media influences on female body dissatisfaction.  Review of General Psychology, 15(1), 11-28. 

 

Ferguson, C. J., Colwell, J., Mlacic, B., Milas, G., & Mikloušic, I.  (2011).  Personality and media influences on violence and depression in a cross-national sample of young adults: Data from Mexican-Americans, English and Croatians.  Computers in Human Behavior, 27(3), 1195-1200.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  & Meehan, C. D.  (2011).  With friends like these…: Peer delinquency influences across age cohorts on smoking, alcohol and illegal substance use.  European Psychiatry, 26(1), 6-12.

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  ‘Video games are like smoking and lung cancer’ and other urban legends in the violent video game debate.  Interface, 11(1). 

 

Ferguson, C. J., & Garza, A.  (2011).  Call of (civic) Duty: Action games and civic behavior in a large sample of youth.  Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 770-775.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  Love is a battlefield: Risk factors and gender disparities for domestic violence among Mexican Americans.  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 20(2), 227-236.

 

Ferguson, C. J.  (2011).  Seeing past the blame game.  Chronicle of Higher Education.  http://chronicle.com/article/Seeing-Past-the-Blame-Game/125942/ 

 

Rogers, D. L., & Ferguson, C. J. (2011). Punishment and rehabilitation attitudes toward sex offenders versus nonsexual offenders. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 20(4), 395-414.

 

2010

Ferguson, C.J., Cruz, A., Martinez, D., Rueda, S., & Ferguson, D.  (2010).  Violence and sex as advertising strategies in television commercials.  European Psychologist, 15(4), 304-311.

Ferguson, C.J., & Meehan, D. C.  (2010).  Saturday night’s alright for fighting: Antisocial traits, fighting, and weapons carrying in a large sample of youth.  Psychiatric Quarterly, 81 293-302.

Ferguson, C. J.  (2010).  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 (p/ 329-342).  New York:  Springer.

Ferguson, C. J.  (2010).  Video games and adolescents.  In R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Adolescence.  Springer.

 

Beaver, K.M., Ferguson, C.J. & Lynn-Whaley, J.  (in press).  The Association between parenting and levels of self-control: A genetically informative analysis.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37(10) 1045-1065.

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.

2009

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.  (2008).  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 (2^nd 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 (2^nd 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 (2^nd 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:

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