PUBLICATIONS

22. Thomson, N. D., Pittman, S. K., Kjærvik, S. L., Ashok, V. A., & Simonetti, J. A. (2025). Exploring the association between suicidality and firearm violence among injured adults. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251394992 21. Thomson, N. D., Kjærvik, S. L., Blondell, V., & Fisher, D. (2025). Examining the intersection of radicalism, activism, and gun violence. Terrorism and Political Violence, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2025.2564683 20. Kjærvik, S. L., Blondell, V., & Thomson, N. D. (2025). Victims and violence: Childhood maltreatment, neighborhood safety concerns, and firearm-involved violence in violently injured patients. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260525137541 19. Thomson, N. D., Kjærvik, S. L., Kaouar, S. & Kimonis, E. (2025). Parenting under pressure: How child limited prosocial emotions shape the stress-warmth connection. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 53, 1397-1407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-025-01338-6 18. Thomson, N. D., Kjærvik, S. L., Hare, R. D., Neumann, C. S. (2025). The role of psychopathy in subtypes of aggression and gun violence. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 47(60). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-025-10247-3 17. Thomson, N. D., Kjærvik, S. L., Zacharaki, G., Gresham, A. M., Dick, D. M., & Fanti, K. A. (2025). Callous–unemotional traits and gun violence: The unique role of maternal hostility. Children, 12(6), 775. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12060775 16. Kjærvik, S. L., O’Connor, K., & Thomson, N. D. (2025). Youths beliefs about guns: Exploring their impact on offensive and defensive gun behaviors.Crime & Delinquency, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287251331585 15. O’Connor, K. E., Kjærvik, S. L., Sullivan, T. N., & Thomson, N. D. (2025). Relations Between Developmental Assets and Youth Gun Violence. Youth & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X251332648 14. Barlett, C. P., & Kjærvik, S. L. (2025). A meta-analysis on the relationships between violent song lyrics and aggressive behavior, aggressive affect, aggressive cognitions, and physiological arousal. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000598 13. Kjærvik, S. L., & Thomson, N. D. (2025). Sex as a moderator in the associations between psychopathy facets and aggressiveness. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1534317. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1534317 12. Gresham, A. M., Kjærvik, S. L., & Thomson, N. D. (2025). Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Drug Use: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605251319017 11. Kjærvik, S. L., Thomson, N. D. & Fanti, K. A. (2025). The impact of media violence, narcissism and sex on reactive and proactive aggression in adolescent: A one-year follow-up study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54, 917-927. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02106-3 10. Thomson, N. D.,Kjærvik, S. L., & Neumann, C. S. (2025). Chapter 11 – Psychopathy and violence. In N. D. Thomson (Ed.), Handbook of Gun Violence, 145-156. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95272-9.00041-3 9. Kjærvik, S. L., & Thomson, N. D. (2024). Psychopathy, gun carrying, and firearm violence. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000534 8. Kjærvik, S. L., & Thomson, N. D. (2024). Exploring the nexus: Personality disorders and their impact on violent extremism, radicalism, and activism. Journal of Personality Disorders, 38(4), 350–367. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2024.38.4.350 7. Thomson, N. D., Kjærvik, S. L., Blondell, V., & Hazlett, L. (2024). The interplay between fear and callous-unemotional traits predicting reactive and proactive aggression. Children, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/children11040379 6. Kjærvik, S. L., & Bushman, B. J. (2024). A meta-analytic review of anger management activities that increase or decrease arousal: What fuels or douses rage? Clinical Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102414 5. Fields, C., O’Connor, K., Kjærvik, S. L., Kevorkian, S., Perera, R., & Thomson, N. D. (2024). The Impact of Firearm-Related Violence on Future Prison Violence: A Brief Report. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2024.2319632 4. Kjærvik, S. L., & Bushman, B. J. (2023). Effects of a gun safety video on children’s behavior around real guns: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2397	Altmetric Altmetric
3. Kjærvik, S. L., Saleem, M., Velasquez, G., Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J. (2022). A Meta-Analytic Review of the Validity of the Tangram Help/Hurt Task (THHT). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(10). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221127759	Altmetric
2. Holt, L. F., Kjærvik, S. L., & Bushman, B. J. (2022). Harm and shaming through naming: Examining why calling the coronavirus the “COVID-19 Virus,” not the “Chinese Virus,” matters. Media Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2022.2034021	Altmetric
1. Kjærvik, S. L., & Bushman, B. J. (2021). The link between narcissism and aggression: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 147(5), 477-503. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000323	Altmetric