Video: Aggression and Violence

Script by Brad Bushman
Video by Diana Onu

For some further reading:

• See Brad Bushman’s TEDx Talk on self-control and aggression

• Read about anger management in In-Mind Magazine and Psychology Today
• Self distancing to manage anger at The Wall Street Journal Health Blog 
• Gun violence in PG-13 films in New York Times
• Find out why people deny violent media effects in Psychology Today
• Are you a narcissist? Find out using the Single Item Narcissism Scale 
• Read about violent media effects in Psychology Today (here and here), and in Nature
• Read about alcohol and aggression in Scientific American 
• Read about global warming and violence in Psychology Today and National Geographic 
• Discover the weapons effect – article in Psychology Today
• For more in-depth reading, see the National Science Foundation Youth violence report

See also:

• Pinker, S. (2011). The better angels of our nature. New York: Viking.
• Aggression by B. J. Bushman & L. R. Huesmann. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., Ch. 23, pp. 833-863). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

The production of this video was supported by a Grass Roots Grant from Tilburg University.