Len Eron
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Leonard Eron died of congestive heart failure on May 3, 2007, at his home in Lindenhurst, Illinois. He was 87. Social Psychology Network is maintaining this profile for visitors who wish to learn more about Professor Eron's work.
Please see below for more information:
- Leonard Eron, 87, Is Dead; Researcher on TV’s Tie to Violent Conduct (New York Times)
- Leonard Eron (University of Michigan)
- Leonard D. Eron (1920-2007): Obituary (American Psychologist)
Professor Eron has conducted four decades of research on the development of aggression and violence in children, publishing nine books and more than 100 journal articles on the topic. His books include "The Learning of Aggression in Children" and "Television and the Aggressive Child," and he served on the board of directors for the National Foundation to Improve Television.
At the University of Michigan, Dr. Eron is Adjunct Research Scientist at the Research Center for Group Dynamics as well as Associate Dean for Research at the School for Social Work.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Personality, Individual Differences
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Books:
- Eron, L. D., Gentry, J. H., & Schlegel, P. (Eds.). (1994). Reason to hope: A psychosocial perspective on violence & youth. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Eron, Leonard D. & Lefkowitz, Monroe M. & Walder, L. O. (1971). Learning of aggression in children. Boston: Little, Brown.
- Huesmann, L. R., & Eron, L. D. (1986). Television and the aggressive child: A cross-national comparison. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Lefkowitz, M. M., Eron, L. D., Walder, L. O., & Huesmann, L. R. (1977). Growing up to be violent: A longitudinal study of the development of aggression. Elmsford, New York: Pergamon Press.
Journal Articles:
- Auld, F., Jr., & Eron, L. D. (1953). The use of Rorschach scores to predict whether patients will continue psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 17(2), 104-109.
- Dubow, E. F., Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D. (1987). Mitigating aggression and promoting prosocial behavior in aggressive elementary schoolboys. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 25(6), 527-531.
- Eron, L. D. (1987). The development of aggressive behavior from the perspective of a developing behaviorism. American Psychologist, 42(5), 435-442.
- Eron, L. D. (1982). Parent-child interaction, television violence, and aggression of children. American Psychologist, 37(2), 197-211.
- Eron, L. D. (1980). Prescription for reduction of aggression. American Psychologist, 35(3), 244-252.
- Eron, L. D. (1963). Relationship of TV viewing habits and aggressive behavior in children. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(2), 193-196.
- Eron, L. D. (1950). A normative study of the Thematic Apperception Test. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, 64(9), i-48.
- Eron, L. D., Huesmann, L. R., Brice, P., Fischer, P., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). Age trends in the development of aggression, sex typing, and related television habits. Developmental Psychology, 19(1), 71-77.
- Eron, L. D., Huesmann, L. R., Lefkowitz, M. M., & Walder, L. O. (1972). Does television violence cause aggression? American Psychologist, 27(4), 253-263.
- Eron, L. D., Terry, D., & Callahan, R. (1950). The use of rating scales for emotional tone of TAT stories. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 14(6), 473-478.
- Eron, L., Huesmann, R., Spindler, A., Guerra, N., Henry, D., & Tolan, P. (2002). A cognitive-ecological approach to preventing aggression in urban settings: Initial outcomes for high-risk children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70(1), 179-194.
- Guerra, N. G., Huesmann, L. R., Tolan, P. H., Van Acker, R., & Eron, L. D. (1995). Stressful events and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63(4), 518-528.
- Henry, D., Guerra N., Huesmann, R., Tolan, P., VanAcker, R., & Eron, L. (2000). Normative influences on aggression in urban elementary school classrooms. 28(1), 59-81.
- Huesmann, L. R., & Eron, L. D. (2006). Childhood predictors of adult criminality: Are all risk factors reflected in childhood aggressiveness? Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 12(3), 185-208.
- Huesmann, L. R, Eron, L. D. (1989). Individual differenced and the trait of aggression. European Journal of Personality, 3(2), 95-106.
- Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., Guerra, N. G., & Crawshaw, V. B. (1994). Measuring children's aggression with teachers' predictions of peer nominations. Psychological Assessment, 6(4), 329-336.
- Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., Klein, R., Brice, P., & Fischer, P. (1983). Mitigating the imitation of aggressive behaviors by changing children's attitudes about media violence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44(5), 899-910.
- Huesmann, L. R., Eron L. D., Lefkowitz, M. M., & Walder, L. O. (1984). Stability of aggression over time and generations. Developmental Psychology, 20(6), 1120-1134.
- Huesmann, L. R., Lagerspetz, K., & Eron, L. D. (1984). Intervening variables in the TV violence–aggression relation: Evidence from two countries. Developmental Psychology, 20(5), 746-775.
- Huesmann, L. R., Lefkowitz, M. M., & Eron, L. D. (1978). Sum of MMPI Scales F, 4 and 9 as a measure of aggression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46(5), 1071-1078.
- Huesmann, L. R., Moise-Titus, J., Podolski, C. L., & Eron, L. D. (2003). Longitudinal relations between children's exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 201-221.
- Lefkowitz, M. M., Walder, L. O., Eron, L. D., & Huesmann, L. R. (1973). Preference for televised contact sports as related to sex differences in aggression. Developmental Psychology, 9(3), 417-420.
- Rosenfeld, E., Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., & Torney-Purta, J. V. (1982). Measuring patterns of fantasy behavior in children. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42(2), 347-366.
