2013

Ferguson, C. J. (2013). Violent video games and the Supreme Court: Lessons for the scientific community in the wake of Brown v EMA. American Psychologist, 68(2), 57-74.

Ferguson, C. J. (2013). 'Not in My Class You Don't!': The naive association of video games with aggression as a hindrance to their use in education. In K. Bredl & W. Bösche (Eds.), Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare (pp. 41-58). Herskey, PA: IGI Global.

Ferguson, C. J., & Olson, C. K. (2013). Friends, fun, frustration and fantasy: Child motivations for video game play. Motivation and Emotion, 37(1), 154-164. doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9284-7

Ferguson, C. J. (2013). In the eye of the beholder: Thin-ideal media affects some but not most viewers in a meta-analytic review of body dissatisfaction in women and men. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 2(1), 20-37.

Ramos, R. A., Ferguson, C. J., Frailing, K., & Romero-Ramirez, M. (2013). Comfortably numb or just yet another movie? Media violence exposure does not reduce viewer empathy for victims of real violence among primarily Hispanic viewers. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 2(1), 2-10.

Ferguson, C. J., Garza, A., Jerabeck, J., Ramos, R., & Galindo, M. (2013). Not worth the fuss after all? Cross-sectional and prospective data on violent video game influences on aggression, visuospatial cognition and mathematics ability in a sample of youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(1), 109-122. doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9803-6

Ferguson, C. J. (2013). Spanking, corporal punishment and negative long-term outcomes: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 33, 196-208. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.11.002

2012

Ferguson, C. J., & Ivory, J. D. (2012). A futile game: On the prevalence and causes of misguided speculation about the role of violent video games in mass school shootings. In G.W. Muschert and J. Sumiala, (Eds.), School Shootings: Mediated Violence in a Global Age (pp 47-67. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Ferguson, C. J. & Heene, M. (2012). A vast graveyard of undead theories: Publication bias and psychological science�s aversion to the null. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(6) 550-556.

Ferguson, C. J. (2012). Positive female role-models eliminate negative effects of sexually violent media. Journal of Communication, 62, 888-899.

Coulson, M., Barnett, J., Ferguson, C. J., & Gould, R. L. (2012). Real feelings for virtual people: Emotional attachments and interpersonal attraction in video games. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1(3), 176-184.

Ferguson, C. J., Munoz M. E., Winegard, B., & Winegard, B. (2012). The influence of heritability, neuroticism, maternal warmth and media use on disordered eating behaviors: A prospective analysis of twins. Psychiatric Quarterly, 83, 353-360.

Ferguson, C. J., & Dyck, D. (2012). Paradigm change in aggression research: The time has come to retire the General Aggression Model. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 17(3), 220-228.

Munoz, M. E., & Ferguson, C. J. (2012). Body dissatisfaction correlates with inter-peer competitiveness, not media exposure: A brief report. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(4), 383-392.

Ferguson, C. J., & Brannick, M. T. (2012). Publication bias in psychological science: Prevalence, methods for identifying and controlling and implications for the use of meta-analyses. Psychological Methods,17(1), 120-128.

Ferguson, C. J., Munoz, M. E., & Medrano, M. R. (2012). Advertising influences on young children�s food choices are only marginally reduced by parental influence: A randomized controlled experiment. Journal of Pediatrics, 160(3), 452-455.

Ferguson, C. J. & Savage, J. (2012). Have recent studies addressed methodological issues raised by five decades of television violence research? A Critical review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 17, 129-139.

Ferguson, C. J., San Miguel, C., Garza, A., & Jerabeck, J. (2012). A longitudinal test of video game violence effects on dating violence, aggression and bullying: A 3-year longitudinal study of adolescents. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 46, 141-146.

Valadez, J. J. & Ferguson, C. J. (2012). Just a game after all: Violent video game exposure and time spent playing effects on hostile feelings, depression, and visuospatial cognition. Computers in Human Behavior, 28, 608-616.

Ferguson, C. J. (2012). Violence in video games: Advocating for the wrong cause? Child and Family Policy and Practice Advocate, 35(1), 16-18.

2011

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., & Miklou�ic, 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). The wild west of assessment: Measuring aggression and violence in video games. In L. Annetta and S. Bronack, (Eds.). Serious Educational Game Assessment: Practical Methods and Models for Educational Games, Simulations and Virtual Worlds (pp. 31-44). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

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. (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., Cruz, A., & Rueda, S. (2008). Gender, video game playing habits and visual memory tasks. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 58, 279-286.

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.

Ferguson, C. J. (2008). Portrayals of immigrants in mass media: Honest depiction of cultural differences or unfair stereotype? In J. Warner (Ed.), Battleground Immigration (vol 1). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

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:

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.

Ferguson, C. J. (2002). Externalizing disorders and the treatment of child anxiety: A preliminary study. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 24(3), 53-72.

Ferguson, C. J. (2002). Media violence: Miscast causality. American Psychologist, 57(6-7), 446-447.

Ferguson, C. J. (2000). Free will: An automatic response. American Psychologist, 55(7), 762-763.

Weems, C., Hammond-Laurence, K., Silverman, W., & Ferguson, C. (1997). The Relation between anxiety sensitivity and depression in children and adolescents referred for anxiety. Behavior Research and Therapy, 35, 961-966.