Associate Professor, Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Current interests include cognitive and behavioral effects of exposure to media violence (e.g. videogames) and images of firearms, individual differences in aggressive cognition and behavior, and the application of meta-analytic techniques to the study of aggression. Increasingly, my interests are leading me to attempt to apply social psychological theories of aggression to our understanding of such phenomena as torture and genocide. I have secondary interest in political psychology, with a particular focus on right-wing authoritarianism. I was inducted into Sigma Xi in 1997.
I am available for speaking engagements (my areas of expertise and interest include media violence, the weapons effect, application of contemporary theories of aggression to understanding and preventing torture and genocide, and various facets of pop culture). If you are interested in booking me, please see my contact information below.
I have a great deal of expertise in psychological statistics. If you have data in need of analysis, I offer freelance data analytic services. Let me help you. Contact me about my hourly rates. I can work quickly and inexpensively.
email: ajbenjamin (at) opsu (dot) edu
Benjamin, A. J., Jr. (2008). The general aggression model as a framework for understanding torture and genocide. National Social Science Journal, 31(1), 1-8.
Benjamin, A. J., Jr. (2006). Human aggression and violence: Understanding torture from a psychological perspective. National Social Science Journal, 26(2), 12-19.
Benjamin, A. J., Jr. (2006). The relationship between right-wing authoritarianism and attitudes toward violence: Further validation of the Attitudes Toward Violence Scale. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 34, 923-926.
Bettencourt, B. A., Talley, A., Benjamin, A. J., Jr., & Valentine, J. (2006). Personality and aggressive behavior under provoking and neutral conditions: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 751-777.
Anderson, C. A., Benjamin, A. J., Jr., Wood, P. K., & Bonacci, A. M. (2006). Development and testing of the attitudes toward violence scale: Evidence for a four-factor model. Aggressive Behavior, 32, 122-136.
Bartholow, B. D., Anderson, C. A., Carnagey, N. L., & Benjamin, A. J., Jr. (2005). Interactive effects of life experience and situational cues on aggression: The weapons priming effect in hunters and nonhunters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 48-60.
Anderson, C. A., Flanagan, M., Carnagey, N. L., Benjamin, A. J., Jr., Eubanks, J., & Valentine, J. C. (2004). Violent video games: Specific effects of violent content on aggressive thoughts and behavior. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 199-249.
Benjamin, A. J., Jr. (1999). The influence of locus of control and aggressiveness of rock music videos on aggression: A reanalysis and methodological critique of Wann and Wilson (1996). Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 14, 491-498.
Anderson, C. A., & Benjamin, A. J., Jr., & Bartholow, B. D. (1998). Does the gun pull the trigger? Automatic priming effects of weapon pictures and weapon names. Psychological Science, 9, 308-314.
Benjamin, A. J., Jr., Riggio, R. E., & Mayes, B. T. (1996). Reliability and factor structure of Budner’s tolerance for ambiguity scale. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 11, 625-632.