University of Amsterdam and CCAM Center for research on Children, Adolescents and Media

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CcaM strives to better understand the role of the media in children's and adolescents' lives.

English Journal Articles

In press

Baumgartner, S.E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (in press). The influence of descriptive and injunctive peer norms on adolescents’ risky sexual online behavior. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

De Droog, S. M., Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (in press). Use a Rabbit or a Rhino to Sell a Carrot? The Effect of Character-Product Congruence on Children’s Liking of Healthy Foods. Journal of Health Communication.

Joshi, S. P., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (in press). Virginity loss and pregnancy in US and Dutch teen girl magazines: A content-analytic comparison. Youth & Society.

Rozendaal, E., Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (in press). Think-aloud process superior to thought-listing in increasing children’s critical processing of advertising. Human Communication Research.

Rozendaal, E., Lapierre, M. A., Van Reijmersdal, E. A., & Buijzen, M. (in press). Reconsidering children's advertising literacy as a defense against advertising effects. Media Psychology.

Van Holst, R. J., Lemmens, J. S., Valkenburg, P. M., Peter, J., Veltman, D. J., & Goudriaan, A. E. (in press).  Attentional bias and disinhibition toward gaming cues are related to problem gaming in male adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health.

Van Reijmersdal, E. A., Rozendaal, E., & Buijzen, M. (in press). Effects of prominence, involvement, and persuasion knowledge on children's cognitive and affective responses to advergames. Journal of Interactive Marketing.

 

2011

Anschutz, D. J., Engels, R. M. C. E., Van der Zwaluw, C. S., & Van Strien, T. (2011). Sex differences in young adults' snack food intake after food commercial exposure. Appetite, 56, 255-260.

Anschutz, D. J., Spruijt-Metz, D., Van Strien, T., & Engels, R. C. M. A. (2011).The direct effect of thin ideal focused adult television on young girls' ideal body figure. Body Image, 8, 26-33.

De Droog, S. M., Valkenburg, P. M., & Buijzen, M. (2011). Using brand characters to promote young children's liking of and purchase requests for fruit. Journal of Health Communication, 16, 79-89.

Joshi, S. P., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2011). Scripts of sexual desire and danger in US and Dutch teen girl magazines: A cross-national content analysis. Sex Roles, 64, 463–474.

Lemmens, J. S., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2011). Psychosocial causes and consequences of pathological gaming. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 144-152.

Lemmens, J.S., Valkenburg, P.M., & Peter, J. (2011). The effects of pathological gaming on aggressive behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 38-47.

Opree, S. J., Buijzen, M., van Reijmersdal, E. A., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2011). Development and Validation of the Material Values Scale for Children (MVS-c). Personality and Individual Differences, 58, 963-968.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2011). The influence of sexually explicit internet material on sexual risk behavior: A comparison of adolescents and adults. Journal of Health Communication, 16, 750-765.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2011). The use of sexually explicit internet material and its antecedents: A longitudinal comparison of adolescents and adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 1015-1025.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2011). The influence of sexually explicit material and peers on stereotypical beliefs about women's sexual roles: Similarities and differences between adolescents and adults. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, 14, 511-517.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, M. (2011). The impact of “forgiving” introductions on the reporting of sensitive behavior in surveys: The role of social desirability response style and developmental status. Public Opinion Quarterly, 74, 779-787.

Rozendaal, E., Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2011). Children's Understanding of Advertisers' Persuasive Tactics. International Journal of Advertising, 30, 329-350.

Valkenburg, P. M. & Peter, J. (2011). Adolescents' online communication: An integrated model of its attraction, opportunities, and risks. Journal of Adolescent Health, 48, 121-127.

Valkenburg, P. M., Sumter, S. & Peter, J. (2011). Gender differences in online and offline self-disclosure. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29, 253-269.

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2010

Anschutz, D.A., Engels R.C.M.E., & Van Strien, T. (2010). Maternal encouragement to be thin moderates the effect of commercials on children’s snack food intake. Appetite, 55, 117-123.

Antheunis, M.L., Valkenburg, P.M., & Peter, J. (2010). Getting acquainted through Social Network Sites: Testing a model of online uncertainty reduction and social attraction. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 100-109.

Baumgartner, S.E., Valkenburg, P.M., & Peter, J. (2010). Assessing causality in the relationship between adolescents' risky sexual online behavior and their perceptions of this behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39, 1226-1239.

Baumgartner, S. E., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2010). Unwanted online sexual solicitation and risky sexual online behavior across the lifespan. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31, 439-447.

Buijzen, M., Van Reijmersdal, E. A., & Owen, L. H. (2010). Introducing the PCMC model: An investigative framework for young people's processing of commercial media content. Communication Theory, 20, 427-450.

Joshi, S. P., Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2010). Ambivalent messages in Seventeen magazine: A content analytic comparison of 1997 and 2007. Journal of Magazine and New Media Research, 12(1), 1-20.

Peter, J. & Valkenburg, P. M. (2010). Adolescents'use of sexually explicit internet material ans sexual uncertainity. The role of involvement and gender. Communication Monographs, 77, 357-375.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2010). Processes Underlying the Effects of Adolescents' Use of Sexually Explicit Internet Material: The Role of Perceived Realism.Communication Research, 37, 375-399.

Rozendaal, E., Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2010). Comparing children's and adults' cognitive advertising competences in the Netherlands. Journal of Children and Media, 4, 77-89.

 

2009

Anschutz, D.A., Engels,R.C.M.E. & Van Strien, T. (2009). Side effects of television food commercials on concurrent nonadvertised sweet snack food intakes in young children1–3. The American Journal of clinical nutrition, 1328-1333.

Buijzen, M. (2009). The effectiveness of parental communication in modifying the relation between food advertising and children's consumption behaviour. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 105-121.

Lemmens, J. S., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2009). Development and validation of a game addiction scale for adolescents. Media Psychology, 12, 77-95.

Notten, N., Peter, J., Kraaykamp, G., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2009). Digital divide across borders: A cross-national study of adolescents' use of digital technologies. European Sociological Review, 25, 551-560.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2009). Adolescents' Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material and Notions of Women as Sex Objects: Assessing Causality and Underlying Processes. Journal of Communication, 59, 407-433.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2009). Adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit internet material and sexual satisfaction: A longitudinal study. Human Communication Research, 35, 171-194.

Rozendaal, E., Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2009). Do children's cognitive advertising defenses reduce their desire for advertised products? Communications, 34, 287-303.

Schouten, A. P., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter. J. (2009). An experimental test of processes underlying self-disclosure in computer-mediated communication. Cyberpsychology, 3(2). From: http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/view.php?cisloclanku=2009111601&article=3

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2009). Social consequences of the Internet for adolescents: A decade of Research. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 1-5.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2009). The effects of Instant Messaging on the quality of adolescents' existing friendships: A longitudinal study. Journal of Communication, 59, 79-97.

 

2008
Buijzen, M., Rozendaal, E., Moorman, M., & Tanis, M. (2008). Parent vs. child reports of parental advertising mediation: Exploring the meaning of agreement. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 52, 509-525.

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2008). Observing purchase-related parent-child communication in retail environments: A developmental and socialization perspective. Human Communication Research, 34, 50-69.

Buijzen, M., Schuurman, J., & Bomhof. E. (2008). Associations between children's television advertising exposure and their food consumption patterns: A household diary-survey study. Appetite, 50, 231-239.

Buijzen, M., Bomhof, E., & Schuurman, J. (2008). Explaining the link between television viewing and childhood obesity: A test of three alternative hypotheses. Journal of Children and Media, 2, 67-74.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2008). Adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit internet material, sexual uncertainty, and attitudes toward uncommitted sexual exploration: Is there a link? Communication Research, 35, 569-601.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2008). Adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit internet material and sexual preoccupancy: A three-wave panel study. Media Psychology, 11, 207-234.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2008). Adolescents' identity experiments on the Internet: Consequences for social competence and self-concept unity. Communication Research, 35, 208-231.

 

2007
Antheunis, M. L., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2007). Computer-mediated communication and interpersonal attraction: An experimental test of two explanatory hypotheses. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 10, 831-836.

Buijzen, M, & Mens, C. (2007). Adult mediation of television advertising effects: A comparison of factual, evaluative, and combined strategies. Journal of Children and Media, 1, 177-191.

Buijzen, M. (2007). Reducing children's susceptibility to commercials: Mechanisms of factual and evaluative advertising interventions. Media Psychology, 9, 411-430.

Buijzen, M., Walma van der Molen, J. H., & Sondij, P. (2007). Parental mediation of children's emotional responses to a violent news event. Communication Research, 34, 212-230.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M., (2007). Adolescents' exposure to a sexualized media environment and notions of women as sex objects. Sex Roles, 56, 381-395.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2007). Who looks for casual dates on the Internet? A test of the compensation and the recreation hypothesis. New Media and Society, 9, 105-124.

Peter, J., Valkenburg, P. M., & Schouten, A. P. (2007). Precursors of adolescents' use of visual and audio devices during online communication. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 2473-2487.

Schouten, A. P., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2007). Precursors and Underlying Processes of Adolescents' Online Self-Disclosure: Developing and Testing an "Internet-Attribute-Perception" Model. Media Psychology, 10, 292-315.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2007). Preadolescents' and adolescents' online communication and their closeness to friends. Developmental Psychology, 43, 267-277.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2007). Internet communication and its relationship to well-being: Identifying some underlying mechanisms. Media Psychology, 9, 43-58.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2007). Adolescents' online communication and their well-being: Testing the stimulation versus the displacement hypothesis. Journal of Computer mediated communication, 12 (4), article 2.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Peter, J. (2007). Who visits online dating sites? Exploring some characteristics of online daters. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 10, 849-852.

 

2006

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2006). Adolescents' use of sexually explicit material on the Internet. Communication Research, 33, 178-204.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2006). Individual differences in perceptions of Internet communication. European Journal of Communication, 21, 213-226.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2006). Adolescents' exposure to sexually explicit online material and recreational attitudes toward sex. Journal of Communication, 56, 639-660.

Peter, J., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2006). Adolescents' internet use: Testing the 'disappearing digital divide' versus the 'emerging digital differentiation' approach. Poetics, 34, 293-305.

Peter, J., Valkenburg, P. M., & Schouten, A. P. (2006). Characteristics and motives of adolescents talking with strangers on the Internet. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9, 526-530.

Valkenburg, P. M., Peter, J., & Schouten, A. P. (2006). Friend networking sites and their relationship to adolescents'social self-esteem and well-being. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 9, 585-590.

 

2005

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2005). Parental mediation of undesired advertising effects. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 49, 153-164.

Peter, J., Valkenburg, P. M., & Schouten, A.P. (2005). Developing a model of adolescents' friendship formation on the Internet. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8, 423-430.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Buijzen, M. (2005). Identifying determinants of young children's brand awareness. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 456-468.

Valkenburg, P. M., Schouten, A. P., & Peter, J. (2005). Adolescents' identity experiments on the Internet. New Media and Society, 7, 383-402.

 

2004

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M (2004). Developing a typology of humor in audiovisual media. Media Psychology, 6, 147-167.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Vroone, M. (2004). Developmental changes in infants' and toddlers' attention to television entertainment. Communication Research, 31, 288-311.

Walma van der Molen, J.H. (2004). Violence and suffering in television news: Toward a broader conception of harmful television content for children. Pediatrics, 113, 1771-1775.

Walma van der Molen, J.H., & Klijn, M.E. (2004). Recall of television versus print news: Retesting the semantic overlap hypothesis. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 48, 89-107.

 

2003
Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2003). The unintended effects of advertising: A parent-child survey. Communication Research, 30, 483-503.

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2003). The impact of television advertising on materialism, parent-child conflict, and unhappiness: A review of research. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 24, 437-456.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Buijzen, M. (2003). Children, computer games, and the Internet. Netherlands Journal of Social Sciences, 39(1), 24-34.

Walma van der Molen, J.H., & De Vries, M. (2003). Violence and consolation: September 11th 2001 covered by the Dutch Children's News. Journal of Educational Media, 28, 5-17.

 

2002

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2002). Appeals in advertising aimed at children and adolescents. Communications: The European Journal of Communications Research, 27, 349-364.

Valkenburg, P. M., Beentjes, J. W. J., Nikken, P., & Tan, E. (2002). Kijkwijzer: The Dutch rating system for audiovisual productions. Communications: The European Journal of Communications Research, 27, 79-102.

Walma van der Molen, J.H., Valkenburg, P. M., & Peeters, A. (2002). Television news and fears: A child survey. Communications: The European Journal of Communications Research, 27, 303-317.

 

2001
Valkenburg, P. M., Walma van der Molen, J. H., & Peeters, A. L. (2001). Should news on child homicides be broadcast? Opinions of parents, teachers, and children. Communications: The European Journal of Communications Research, 26, 229-254.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Cantor, J. (2001). The development of a child into a consumer. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22, 61-72.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Soeters, K. (2001). Children's positive and negative experiences with the Internet: An exploratory survey study. Communication Research, 28, 653-676.

Walma van der Molen, J.H. (2001). Assessing text-picture correspondence in television news: The development of a new coding scheme. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 45, 483-498.

 

2000

Buijzen, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2000). The impact of television advertising on children's Christmas wishes. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 44, 456-470.

Valkenburg, P. M. (2000). Media and youth consumerism. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27, 52-56.

Valkenburg, P. M., Cantor, J., & Peeters, A. (2000). Fright reactions to television: A Child Survey. Communication Research, 27, 82-99.

Walma van der Molen, J. H., & Van der Voort, T. H. A. (2000a). Children's and adults' recall of television and print news in children's and adult news formats. Communication Research, 27, 132-160.

Walma van der Molen, J. H., & Van der Voort, T. H. A. (2000b). The impact of television, print, and audio on children's recall of the news: A study of three alternative explanations for the dual-coding hypothesis. Human Communication Research, 26, 3-26.

 

1999

Krcmar, M., & Valkenburg, P. M. (1999). A scale to assess children's moral interpretations of justified and unjustified violence and its relationship to television. Communication Research, 26, 609-635.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Janssen, S. C. (1999). What do children value in entertainment programs? A cross-cultural investigation. Journal of Communication, 26, 3-21.

Valkenburg, P. M., Krcmar, M., Peeters, A., & Marseille, N. M. (1999). Developing a scale to assess three styles of television mediation: "restrictive mediation," "instructive mediation," and "social coviewing." Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 43, 52-66.

 

1998
Valkenburg, P. M., Krcmar, M., & De Roos, S. (1998). The impact of adult mediation on children's knowledge of and attitudes toward opera. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 42, 315-326.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Patiwael, M. (1998). Does watching Court-TV cultivate people's perceptions of crime? Gazette, 60, 227-238.

Walma van der Molen, J. H., & Van der Voort, T. H. A. (1998). Children's recall of the news: TV news stories compared with three print versions. Educational Technology Research and Development, 46(1), 39-52.

Walma van der Molen, J.H. (1998). Children's and adults' recall of television versus print news: Is print really better? Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, 23, 475-490.

 

1997
Beentjes, J. W. J., & Walma van der Molen, J. H. (1997). The impact of television, radio, and print on children's recall and creative imagination: A review of media comparison research. Trends in Communication, 2, 31-49.

Valkenburg, P. M., & Beentjes, J. W. J. (1997). Children's creative imagination in response to radio and TV stories. Journal of Communication, 47, 21-38.

Walma van der Molen, J.H. van der Voort, T.H.A. (1997). Children's recall of television and print news: A media comparison study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89, 82-91.

 

1995
Valkenburg, P. M., & Van der Voort, T. H. A. (1995). The influence of television on children's daydreaming styles: A one-year panel study. Communication Research, 22, 267-287.

 

1994
Valkenburg, P. M., & Van der Voort, T. H. A. (1994). Influence of TV on daydreaming and creative imagination: A review of research. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 316-339.

Van der Voort, T. H. A., & Valkenburg, P. M. (1994). Television's impact on fantasy play: A review of research. Developmental Review, 14, 27-51.

 

 

 
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