Brad J Bushman
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BIO
Brad J. Bushman has studied aggression and violence for over 30 years. He is the Editor of the American Psychological Association (APA) journal Psychology of Violence. He is also the Executive Secretary of the International Society for Research on Aggression. He was a member of President Obama’s gun violence committee. He has co-chaired two reports on youth violence following school shootings and has testified before Congress on the topic. He has published over 250 articles that have been cited over 75,000 times. His research has been funded by federal grants (e.g., CDC, NSF, NIH), has been published in the top scientific and medical journals (e.g., Science, PNAS, JAMA), has won three APA awards, and has been featured extensively in the mass media (e.g., BBC, NPR, New York Times).
- Hagit Mercedes Sabo-Brants, Barak Ariel, Brad J Bushman. 2026. Virtual Reality Relaxation for Reducing Aggression and Emotional Distress in At‐Risk Adolescents in Israeli Residential Care: A Feasibility Randomized Clinical Trial. Aggressive Behavior 52(1):e70057.
- Roy F. Baumeister, Michaela T. Bibby, Dianne M. Tice, Brad J Bushman. 2026. Socializing While Alone: Loss of Impact and Engagement When Interacting Remotely via Technology. Perspectives on Psychological Science
- Zhaojun Teng, Brad J Bushman. 2026. Best Practice Procedures in Longitudinal Research of Violent Media Effects: Reanalysis of the Lacko et al. (2024) Study as a Case Study. Aggressive Behavior 52(1):e70054.
- C. Nathan DeWall, Peter R. Giancola, Brad J Bushman. 2025. Too Insensitive to Care: Alcohol Increases Human Aggression by Increasing Pain Threshold. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 86(5):755-760.
- Andrea Rezzani, MarĂa MenĂ©ndez-Blanco, Brad J Bushman, Antonella De Angeli. 2025. What is robot abuse? A sociotechnical definition. Behaviour & Information Technology
- Sterck, Elisabeth H. M., Kamp, Sophie M., Rouart, Ive, van den Berg, Lisette M., Zijlmans, Dian G. M., Roth, Tom S., Brad J Bushman. 2025. Reactions to social videos in long-tailed macaques. Animal Cognition 28(1):1-17.
- Robert Körner, Astrid Schütz, Brad J Bushman. 2025. Low Power and High Psychopathy: A Toxic Combination for Psychological Aggression. Aggressive Behavior 51(5):e70045.
- Evane Rabaud, Laurent Bègue, Brad J Bushman. 2025. Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Aggression Perpetration: A Meta-Analytic Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
- Meagan Ashley Docherty, Paul Boxer, L_Rowell Huesmann, Brad J Bushman, Craig A. Anderson, Douglas A. Gentile, Eric F Dubow. 2024. Within-Person Bidirectional Associations Over Time Between Parenting and Youths' Callousness. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 53(4):607-622.
- Sophie Lyngesen Kjærvik, Brad J Bushman. 2024. A meta-analytic review of anger management activities that increase or decrease arousal: What fuels or douses rage?. Clinical Psychology Review 109:102414.