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Brad Bushman

Columbus
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Professor of Communication at The Ohio State University.
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Low Power and High Psychopathy: A Toxic Combination for Psychological Aggression

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By Robert Walter Körner, Astrid Schütz, Brad Bushman
| Wiley Online Library
Aggression is any behavior directed by a perpetrator toward a victim with the intent to cause harm, while the victim is motivated to avoid this behavior (Anderson and Bushman 2002). Psychological aggression means harming other people with words (e.g., yelling, swearing, name-calling, threatening; Bushman and Huesmann 2010). In romantic relationships, the focus here, psychological aggression can mean behavior such as insulting, threatening, or accusing one's partner (Straus et al. 1996).
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Trends of Violence in Movies During the Past Half Century

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By Brad Bushman, Amir Tohidi
| JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association)
Trends of Violence in Movies During the Past Half Century Ample scientific evidence supports the influence of media violence on aggressive behavior and mental health of adults and children.1 Examples include behavioral imitation through observation, desensitization to violence and reduction of empathy, and “mean world syndrome,” wherein people view the world as a frightening, dangerous, violent place.
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Too Insensitive to Care: Alcohol Increases Human Aggression by Increasing Pain Threshold

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By C. Nathan DeWall, Brad Bushman, Peter R. Giancola
| dx.doi.org
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (Just Accepted).
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