Research Papers

Selected Academic Research Papers by Dr. Gentile
This section includes peer-reviewed scientific journal articles from journals in psychology and medicine.
They tend to be full of technical details and statistics.

General audience papers, book chapters, and conference presentations are farther down on this page

Gentile, D. A. & Bushman, B. J. (in press). Reassessing media violence effects using a risk and resilence approach to understanding aggression. Psychology of Popular Media Culture

Barlett, C. P. & Gentile, D. A. (2012). Attacking others online: The formation of cyber-bullying in late adolescence. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1, 123-135.

Gentile, D. A., Nathanson, A. I., Rasmussen, E. E., Reimer, R. A., & Walsh, D. A. (2012). Do you see what I see? Parent and child reports of parental monitoring. Family Relations, 61, 470-487.

Gentile, D. A., Swing, E. L., Lim, C. G., & Khoo, A. (2012). Video game playing, attention problems, and impulsiveness: Evidence of bi-directional causality. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1, 62-70.

Barlett, N., Gentile, D. A., Barlett, C. P., Eisenmann, J. C., & Walsh, D. A. (2011). Sleep as a mediator of screen time effects on American children’s health outcomes: A prospective study. Journal of Children and Media, DOI:10.1080/17482798.2011.633404.

Sim, T., Gentile, D. A., Bricolo, F., Serpelloni, G., & Gulamoydeen, F. (2012). A conceptual review of research on the pathological use of computers, video games, and the Internet. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. DOI 10.1007/s11469-011-9369-7

Gentile, D. A. (2011). Brains on video games. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 12, 763-768.

Gentile, D. A., Maier, J. A., Hasson, M. R., & de Bonetti, B. L. (2011). Parents’ evaluation of media ratings a decade after television ratings were introduced. Pediatrics, 128, doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-3026

Gentile, D. A. (2011). The multiple dimensions of video game effects. Child Development Perspectives, 5, 75-81.

Dykstra, J.L., Lane, D.J., Tapscott, R.L, & Gentile, D.A. (2011). Susceptible to social influence: Risky “driving” in response to peer pressure. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41, 773-797.

Gentile, D. A. , Choo, H., Liau, A., Sim, T., Li, D., Fung, D., & Khoo, A. (2011). Pathological video game use among youths: A two-year longitudinal study. Pediatrics, 127, e319-329.

Gentile, D. A., Coyne, S., & Walsh, D. A. (2011). Media violence, physical aggression and relational aggression in school age children: A short-term longitudinal study. Aggressive Behavior, 37, 193-206.

Brocato, D., Gentile, D. A., Laczniak, R. N., Maier, J. A., & Song, M. L. (2010). Television commercial violence: Potential effects on children. Journal of Advertising, 39, 95-108.

Choo, H., Gentile, D.A., Sim, T., Li, D., Khoo, A., & Liau, A.K. (2010). Pathological video-gaming among Singaporean youth. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, 39, 822-829.

Drenowatz, C., Eisenmann, J.C., Pfeiffer, K. A., Welk, G., Heelan, K., Gentile, D. A., & Walsh, D. A. (2010). Influence of socio-economic status on habitual physical activity and sedentary behavior in 8- to 11-year-old children. BMC Public Health, 10, 214.

Swing, E., Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., & Walsh, D. A. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics, 126, 214-221.

Gentile, D. A., Welk, G., Eisenmann, J. C., Reimer, R. A., Walsh, D. A., Russell, D. W., Callahan, R., Walsh, M., Strickland, S., & Fritz, K. (2009). Evaluation of a multiple ecological level child obesity prevention program: Switch what you do, view, and chew. BMC Medicine, 7, 49. Also available: www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/7/49

Council on Communications and Media, American Academy of Pediatrics. (2009). Media violence. Pediatrics, 124, 1495-1503.

Gentile, D. A. (2009). Pathological video game use among youth 8 to 18: A national study. Psychological Science, 20, 594-602.

Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., Yukawa, N., Saleem, M., Lim, K. M., Shibuya, A., Liau, A. K., Khoo, A., Bushman, B. J., Huesmann, L. R., & Sakamoto, A. (2009). The effects of prosocial video games on prosocial behaviors: International evidence from correlational, longitudinal, and experimental studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 752-763.

Linder, J. R. & Gentile, D. A. (2009). Is the television rating system valid? Indirect, verbal, and physical aggression in programs viewed by fifth grade girls and associations with behavior. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30, 286-297.

Laurson, K., Eisenmann, J. C., Welk, G. J., Wickel, E. E., Gentile, D. A., & Walsh, D. A. (2008). Combined influence of physical activity and screen time recommendations on childhood overweight. Journal of Pediatrics, 153, 209-214.

Anderson, C. A., Sakamoto, A., Gentile, D. A., Ihori, N., & Shibuya, A., Yukawa, S., Naito, M., & Kobayashi, K. (2008). Longitudinal effects of violent video games on aggression in Japan and the United States. Pediatrics, 122, e1067-1072.

Flom, R. A., Gentile, D. A., & Pick, A. D. (2008). Infants’ discrimination of happy and sad music. Infant Behavior and Development, 31, 716-728.

Eisenmann, J. C., Gentile, D. A., Welk, G. J., Callahan, R., Strickland, S., Walsh, M., & Walsh, D. A. (2008). SWITCH: Rationale, design, and implementation of a community, school, and family-based intervention to modify behaviors related to childhood obesity. BMC Public Health, 8, 223. Avaliable: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/223

Vogel, D., Gentile, D. A., & Kaplan, S. (2008). The influence of television on willingness to seek therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, 276-205.

Gentile, D. A. & Gentile, J. R. (2008). Violent video games as exemplary teachers: A conceptual analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 9, 127-141

Gentile, D. A., Saleem, M., & Anderson, C. A. (2007). Public policy and the effects of media violence on children. Social Issues and Policy Review, 1, 15-61.

Holmes, M., Eisenmann, J. C., Ekkekakis, P., & Gentile, D. A. (2008). Physical activity, stress, and metabolic risk score in 8- to 18-year-old boys. Journal of Physical Activity & Health,5, 294-307

Eisenmann, J. C., Laurson, K., Wickel, E. E., Gentile, D. A., & Walsh, D. A. (2007). The utility of pedometer step recommencations for predicting overweight in children. International Journal of Obesity, 31, 1179-1192.

Rosser, J. C., Lynch, P. J., Haskamp, L., Gentile, D. A., & Yalif, A. (2007). The impact of video games in surgical training. Archives of Surgery, 142, 181-18

Ostrov, J. M., Gentile, D. A., & Crick, N. R. (2006). Media exposure, aggression and prosocial behavior during early childhood: A longitudinal study. Social Development, 15, 612-627. TABLE

Gentile, D. A., Humphrey, J. & Walsh, D. A. (2005). Media ratings for movies, music, video games, & television: A review of the research and recommendations for improvements. Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 16, 427-446.

Gentile, D. A. & Stone, W. (2005). Violent video game effects on children and adolescents: A review of the literature. Minerva Pediatrica, 57, 337-358.

Gentile, D. A., Oberg, C., Sherwood, N. E., Story, M., Walsh, D. A., & Hogan, M. (2004). Well-child exams in the video age: Pediatricians and the AAP guidelines for children's media use. Pediatrics, 114, 1235-1241.

Gentile, D. A., Lynch, P. J., Linder, J. R., & Walsh, D. A. (2004). The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent aggressive attitudes and behaviors. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 5-22.

Gentile, D. A. & Walsh, D. A. (2002). A normative study of family media habits. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 23, 157-178.

Walsh, D. A. & Gentile, D. A. (2001). A validity test of movie, television, and video game ratings. Pediatrics, 107, 1302-1308.

Gentile, D. A. (1993). Just what are sex and gender, anyway? A call for a new terminological standard.Psychological Science, 4, 120-122.

Gentile, D. A., Reimer, R. A., Nathanson, A., Rasmussen, E., & Walsh, D. A. (2011, March). The longitudinal effects of parental involvement in media on child wellness. Paper presented at the 2011 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Thomas, K., Gentile, D. A., & Anderson, C. A. (2008, September). Violent video game effects on brain activation of high and low aggressive game players. Paper presented at the conference on Violence and Aggression, Ames, IA.

Stone, W. & Gentile, D. A. (2008, August). The five dimensions of video game effects. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Gentile, D. A., Walsh, D. A., Ellison, P. R., Fox, M., & Cameron, J. (2004, May). Media violence as a risk factor for children: A longitudinal study. Paper presented at the American Psychological Society 16th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. (For presentation slides, click here)

Rosser, J. C. Jr., Lynch, P. J., Haskamp, L. A., Yalif, A., Gentile, D. A., & Giammaria, L. (2004, January). Are Video Game Players Better at Laparoscopic Surgery? Paper presented at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, Newport Beach, CA.

Gentile, D. A., Linder, J. R., & Walsh, D. A. (2003, April). Looking through time: A longitudinal study of children's media violence consumption at home and aggressive behaviors at school. Paper presented at the 2003 Society for Research in Child Development Biennil Conference, Tampa, FL.

Hauge, M. R. & Gentile, D. A. (2003, April). Video game addiction among adolescents: Associations with academic performance and aggression. Poster presented at the 2003 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Tampa, FL.

Gentile, D. A. (2009). Video games affect the brain - For better and worse. Cerebrum. New York: The Dana Foundation. Available http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=22800

Swing, E. L., Gentile, D. A., & Anderson, C. A. (2009). Violent Video Games: Learning processes and outcomes. In R. E. Ferdig (Ed.), Handbook of research on effective electronic gaming in education, Vol. 2 (pp. 876-892). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference.

Khoo, A., & Gentile, D. A. (2007). Problem based learning in the world of games. In O. S. Tan and D. Hung (Eds.), Problem-based Learning and e-Learning Breakthroughs (pp. 97-129). Singapore: Thomson Publishing.

Martin, S. & Oppenheim, K. (with Gentile). (2007, March). Video gaming: General and pathological use. Trends & Tudes, 6(3), 1-7.

Gentile, D. A. & Anderson, C. A. (2006). Violent video games: Effects on youth and public policy implications. In N. E. Dowd, D. G. Singer, & R. F. Wilson (Eds.) Handbook of children, culture, and violence, (pp. 225-246). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Dill, K. E., Gentile, D. A., Richter, W. A., & Dill, J. C. (2005). Violence, sex, race, and age in popular video games: A content analysis. In E. Cole & D. J. Henderson, (Eds.) Featuring females: Feminist analyses of the media, (pp. 115-130). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Gentile, D. A. (2005). The effects of video games on children: What parents need to know. Pediatrics for Parents, 21(6), 10-11.

Gentile, D. A. & Sesma, A. (2003). Developmental approaches to understanding media effects on individuals. In D. A. Gentile (Ed), Media Violence and Children (pp. 19-37). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Gentile, D. A. & Anderson C. A. (2003). Violent video games: The newest media violence hazard. In D. A. Gentile (Ed), Media Violence and Children (pp. 131-152). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Roberts, D. F., Christenson, P. G., & Gentile, D. A. (2003). The effects of violent music on children and adolescents. In D. A. Gentile (Ed), Media Violence and Children (pp. 153-170). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Gentile, D. A. & Walsh, D. A. (2001). The impact of video games on children and youth (The Informed Educator Series). Arlington, VA: Educational Research Service

Selected Academic Conference Presentations and Papers by Dr. Gentile

This section includes selected peer-reviewed papers presented at academic conferences.

General Audience Articles and Chapters by Dr. Gentile

This section includes articles and chapters from books and general audience journals.

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