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  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

L. Rowell Huesmann is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within psychology and social sciences, with notable contributions to clinical psychology and social psychology. Additional interests include sociology and political science, education, and health.

The main themes of Huesmann's work include bullying, victimization, and aggression; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; child abuse and trauma; psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, and sexual offending; cultural differences and values; social and intergroup psychology; and migration, health, and trauma.

Huesmann has published extensively in well-regarded venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Aggressive Behavior
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Psychological Inquiry

Recent papers include:

  • "Longitudinal predictions of young adults' weapons use and criminal behavior from their childhood exposure to violence" (2021, Aggressive Behavior)
  • "Consequences of Exposure to War Violence: Discriminating Those with Heightened Risk for Aggression from Those with Heightened Risk for Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms" (2023, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Additionally, Huesmann has collaborated on works published in 2023 such as "Exposure to violence predicts callous-unemotional traits and aggression in adolescence in the context of persistent ethnic-political conflict and violence" (Aggressive Behavior), "Within-Person Bidirectional Associations Over Time Between Parenting and Youths' Callousness" (Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology), and "Developmental Changes in the Relation between Youth Disclosure and Parenting Behavior: A Cohort-sequential Analysis" (Journal of Youth and Adolescence).

Frequent co-authors of Huesmann's research include:

  • Eric F. Dubow
  • Paul Boxer
  • Meagan Docherty
  • Brad J. Bushman
  • Craig A. Anderson

Among recognized achievements, Huesmann was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • Stability of Aggression Over Time and Generations.

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Leonard D. Eron;Monroe M. Lefkowitz;Leopold O. Walder

  • The Influence of Media Violence on Youth

    Craig A. Anderson;Leonard Berkowitz;Edward I Donnerstein;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Children's normative beliefs about aggression and aggressive behavior

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Nancy G. Guerra

  • The Effects of Prosocial Video Games on Prosocial Behaviors: International Evidence From Correlational, Longitudinal, and Experimental Studies:

    Douglas A. Gentile;Craig A. Anderson;Shintaro Yukawa;Nobuko Ihori

  • An information processing model for the development of aggression

    L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Longitudinal Relations Between Children's Exposure to TV Violence and Their Aggressive and Violent Behavior in Young Adulthood : 1977-1992

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Jessica Moise-Titus;Cheryl Lynn Podolski;Leonard D. Eron

  • Long-term Effects of Parents' Education on Children's Educational and Occupational Success: Mediation by Family Interactions, Child Aggression, and Teenage Aspirations

    Eric F. Dubow;Paul Boxer;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Community violence exposure, social cognition, and aggression among urban elementary school children

    Nancy G. Guerra;L. Rowell Huesmann;and Anja Spindler

  • Short-term and Long-term Effects of Violent Media on Aggression in Children and Adults

    Brad J. Bushman;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • The role of social information processing and cognitive schema in the acquisition and maintenance of habitual aggressive behavior

    L. Rowell Huesmann

  • The relation of family functioning to violence among inner-city minority youths.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;Arnaldo Zelli;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Longitudinal relations between children's exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992.

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  • Psychological Processes Promoting the Relation Between Exposure to Media Violence and Aggressive Behavior by the Viewer

    L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Aggressive behavior: Current perspectives.

    L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Stressful events and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban children.

    N G Guerra;L R Huesmann;P H Tolan;R Van Acker

  • THE ROLE OF MEDIA VIOLENCE IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Laramie D. Taylor

  • Long-term effects of repeated exposure to media violence in childhood.

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Laurie S. Miller

  • Does television violence cause aggression

    Leonard D. Eron;L. Rowell Huesmann;Monroe M. Lefkowitz;Leopold O. Walder

  • Explaining gender differences in crime and violence: The importance of social cognitive skills

    Stephanie Bennett;David P. Farrington;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Growing up to be violent : a longitudinal study of the development of aggression

    Monroe M. Lefkowitz;Leonard D. Eron;Leopold O. Walder;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Computer Models of Thought and Language

    L. Rowell Huesmann;Roger C. Schank;Kenneth Mark Colby

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric F. Dubow
Eric F. Dubow Bowling Green State University
Paul Boxer
Paul Boxer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nancy G. Guerra
Nancy G. Guerra University of California, Irvine
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Arnaldo Zelli
Arnaldo Zelli University of Rome "Foro Italico"
Patrick H. Tolan
Patrick H. Tolan University of Virginia
Craig A. Anderson
Craig A. Anderson Iowa State University
Douglas A. Gentile
Douglas A. Gentile Iowa State University
Katja Kokko
Katja Kokko University of Jyväskylä
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University

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