2006
Valkenburg, P. M. & Peter, J. (2006). Fantasy and Imagination. In J. Bryant & P. Vorderer (Eds.), The psychology of entertainment (pp. 105-117). Mahwah , NJ : Erlbaum.

2005
Valkenburg, P. M. (2005). Effects of interactive media. In C. B. Fisher, & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia of research, policies, and programs (pp. 602-605). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Valkenburg, P. M. (2005). The effects of advertising on children and adolescents. In C. B. Fisher, & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia of research, policies, and programs (pp. 49-51). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2004
Valkenburg, P. M. (2004). Children's responses to the screen: A media psychological approach. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

2003
Walma van der Molen, J.H., & de Vries, M. (2003). "Good bye New York skyline": News coverage of the Twin Tower attack. In X. Pericay (Ed.) Violence and media: Resources and discourses [Special issue]. Trípodos, 13(2), 191-202.

2002
Valkenburg, P. M., & Cantor, J. (2002). The development of a child into a consumer. In S. Calvert, C. Cocking, & A. Jordan (Eds.), Children in the digital age. (pp. 201-214). New York: Praeger.

2001
Valkenburg, P. M. (2001). Children's creativity and television use. In J. R. Schement (Ed.), Macmillan encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 139-143). Farmington Hills , MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Valkenburg, P. M. (2001). Video and computer games and the Internet. In J. R. Schement (Ed.), Macmillan encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 1058-1062). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Valkenburg, P. M. (2001). Children's preferences for media content. In J. R. Schement (Ed.), Macmillan encyclopedia of communication and information (pp. 143-147). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.

Walma van der Molen, J.H. (2001). Children's and adults' recall of television versus print news. In K. Renckstorf, D. McQuail, & N. Jankowski (Eds.), Television news research: Recent European approaches and findings (pp. 231-246). Berlin: Quintessence Books.

2000
Valkenburg, P.M. (2000). Television and Children's developing imagination. In D. Singer & J. Singer (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Children and the Media (pp. 121-134). Newbury Park: Sage.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Cantor, J. (2000). Children's likes and dislikes of entertainment programs. In D. Zillmann & P. Vorderer (Eds.), Media entertainment: The psychology of its appeal (pp. 135-152). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Van der Voort, T. H. A. (2000). Stimulation oder Reduktion: Theoretische Positionen und empirische Ergebnisse zur Auswirkung des Fernsehens auf das Phantasiespiel. In S. Hoppe-Graff & R. Oerter (Eds.), Spielen und Fernsehen (pp. 155-178). München , Germany : Juventa-Verlag.

1999
Valkenburg, P. M. (1999). Television and creativity. In M. Runco & S. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity: Volume II (pp. 651-658). San Diego , CA : Academic Press.