Publications

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Peer-reviewed Publications

Lawrence, S. E., Lessard, L. M., Puhl, R. M., Foster, G. D., & Cardel, M. (in press, 2023). “Look beyond the weight and accept me”: Adolescents’ perspectives on parental weight communication. Body Image.
Lawrence, S. E., Puhl, R. M., Watson, R. J., Schwartz, M. B., Lessard, L. M., & Foster, G. D. (in press, 2023). Family-based weight stigma and psychosocial health: A multinational comparison. Obesity.
Lawrence, S. E., Walters, T. L., Farina, R. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2022). College students' sexual motives, experiences, and drinking-related protective behavioral strategies. Sexuality & Culture. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-022-10055-x
Hanna-Walker, V., Lawrence, S. E., Clark, A. N., Walters, T. L., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (in press). “It’s like an elephant in the room with my family”: LGBTQ+ college students’ identity expression during the COVID-19 pandemic. LGBT Health.
Hanna-Walker, V., Simon, K. A., Lawrence, S. E., Driver, R., Kalinowski, J., Watson, R. J., & Eaton, L. A. (in press). PrEP use and experiences of intersectional stigma among BMSM in the Southern United States. LGBT Health.
Lawrence, S. E., Puhl, R. M., Schwartz, M. B., Watson, R. J., & Foster, G. D. (2022). “The most hurtful thing I've ever experienced”: A qualitative examination of the nature of experiences of weight stigma by family members. Social Science and Medicine – Qualitative Research in Health. 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100073.
Zhang, Y., Farina, R. E., Lawrence, S. E., Walters, T. L., Clark, A. N., Hanna-Walker, V., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2022). How social support and parent-child relationship quality relate to LGBTQ+ college students’ well-being during COVID-19. Journal of Family Psychology. 36(5), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000981.
Lessard, L. M. & Lawrence, S. E. (2022). Weight-based disparities in youth mental health: Scope, social underpinnings, and implications for policy. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 9(1), 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F23727322211068018.
Lawrence, S. E., Walters, T. L., Clark, A. N., Zhang, Y., Hanna-Walker, V, Farina, R. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2021). LGBTQ+ college students’ engagement in COVID-protective and COVID-risk behaviors. Emerging Adulthood. 9(5), 645–652. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211039302.
Lessard, L. M., Lawrence, S. E., & Puhl, R. M. (2021). Weight-based victimization and school performance in adolescence: Can teachers help reduce academic risks? School Psychology, 36(1), 69-74. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000371.
Brenick, A., Lawrence, S. E., Carvalheiro, D., & Berger, R. (2019). Teaching tolerance or acting tolerant? Evaluating the effectiveness of skills- and contact-based prejudice reduction interventions among Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish youth. Journal of School Psychology. 75, 8–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2019.07.001.
Berger, R., Brenick, A., Lawrence, S. E., Coco, L. & Abu-Raiya, H. (2018). The effectiveness and durability of contact- and skills-based approaches to prejudice reduction. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 59, 46-53. https://doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2018.04.002.

Manuscripts Under Review

Lawrence, S. E., Gower, A. L., Eadeh, H.-M., Cardona-Correa, C., Thomas, D., Suresh, M., del Río-González, A. M., & Eisenberg, M. E. (under review). Exploring bias-based bullying and intersecting social positions as correlates of sexual risk behaviors among adolescents.
Lawrence, S. E., Watson, R. J., Eadeh, H.-M., Brown, C., Puhl, R. M., & Eisenberg, M. E. (under review). Bias-based bullying, self- and LGBTQ+-esteem, and disordered eating: An intersectional approach.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Lawrence, S. E., Hanna-Hanna-Walker, V., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (in preparation). “My identity remains unspoken”: Sexual orientation and gender identity expression, internalized stigma, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lawrence, S. E., Lessard, L. M., Puhl, R. M., Foster, G. D., & Cardel, M. (in preparation). Parents’ beliefs, motives, and challenges related to weight communication with adolescents.
Lawrence, S. E., Zhang, Y., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (in preparation). LGBTQ+ students’ living arrangements, identity disclosure, and relationship quality with parents during the pandemic.
Lawrence, S. E., McMorris, B. J., Simon, K. A., Gower, A. L., & Eisenberg, M. E. (in preparation). Bullying involvement at the intersection of gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and disability: Prevalence disparities and the protective power of school-related developmental assets.
Eisenberg, M. E., Lawrence, S. E., Eadeh, H.-M., Suresh, M., Rider, G. N., Gower, A. L. (in preparation). Emotional distress disparities across multiple intersecting social positions: the role of bias-based bullying.
Rancaño, K. M. & Lawrence, S. E. (in preparation). The prevalence and nature of negative weight talk in the family environment.
Simon, K. A., Driver, R., Lawrence, S. E., Hanna-Walker, V., Watson, R. J., & Eaton, L. A. (in preparation). Experiences of medical mistrust, distrust, and misinformation among Black sexual minority men: A qualitative analysis.