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Overview

Lawrence M. Scheier is affiliated with the Lars Research Institute in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology with an equal number of publications in each field. Scheier has contributed extensively to several subfields including General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Social Psychology.

Their research interests focus on topics such as Behavioral Health and Interventions, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Physical Activity and Health, and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports.

Recent notable publications by Lawrence M. Scheier include:

  • Youth marijuana use: a review of causes and consequences (2020), published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Typologies of coping in young adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), published in The Journal of General Psychology
  • Optimism and risk of incident hypertension: a target for primordial prevention (2020), published in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Strengthening the Science and Practice of Implementation Support: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Training and Technical Assistance Centers (2024), published in Evaluation & the Health Professions
  • Typologies of stress appraisal and problem-focused coping: associations with compliance with public health recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic (2022), published in BMC Public Health

Lawrence M. Scheier has frequently published research in the following venues:

  • Evaluation & the Health Professions (5 publications)
  • Contemporary School Psychology (2 publications)
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • The Journal of General Psychology
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

The scientist has collaborated with several coauthors repeatedly, including:

  • Martin Komarc (9 collaborations)
  • Aya Shigeto (7 collaborations)
  • Alice Masini (7 collaborations)
  • Laura Dallolio (7 collaborations)
  • Francesco Sanmarchi (6 collaborations)

In addition to journal articles, Lawrence M. Scheier has contributed to academic books published by Cambridge University Press, including a volume titled The Cambridge Handbook of Substance and Behavioral Addictions (2020).

Best Publications

  • Parenting Practices as Predictors of Substance Use, Delinquency, and Aggression Among Urban Minority Youth: Moderating Effects of Family Structure and Gender

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Tracy Diaz

  • Preventing illicit drug use in adolescents: long-term follow-up data from a randomized control trial of a school population.

    Gilbert J Botvin;Kenneth W Griffin;Tracy Diaz;Lawrence M Scheier

  • Social skills, competence, and drug refusal efficacy as predictors of adolescent alcohol use.

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Tracy Diaz;Kenneth W. Griffin

  • Dynamic Growth Models of Self-Esteem and Adolescent Alcohol Use

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Kenneth W. Griffin;Tracy Diaz

  • Expectancies as mediators of the effects of social influences and alcohol knowledge on adolescent alcohol use: A prospective analysis.

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin

  • Risk and protective factors as predictors of adolescent alcohol involvement and transitions in alcohol use: a prospective analysis.

    L. M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Elina Baker

  • INTERPERSONAL AGGRESSION IN URBAN MINORITY YOUTH: MEDIATORS OF PERCEIVED NEIGHBORHOOD, PEER, AND PARENTAL INFLUENCES

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Tracy Diaz

  • Protective role of personal competence skills in adolescent substance use: psychological well-being as a mediating factor.

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Tracy Diaz

  • Ethnic and Gender Differences in Psychosocial Risk, Protection, and Adolescent Alcohol Use

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Tracy Diaz

  • Relations of Social Skills, Personal Competence, and Adolescent Alcohol Use A Developmental Exploratory Study

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin

  • Common predictors of cigarette smoking, alcohol use, aggression, and delinquency among inner-city minority youth.

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Margaret M. Doyle

  • Psychosocial, behavioral, and medical outcomes in children with epilepsy: a developmental risk factor model using longitudinal data

    Wendy G. Mitchell;Lawrence M. Scheier;Sherryl A. Baker

  • Life Events, Neighborhood Stress, Psychosocial Functioning, and Alcohol Use Among Urban Minority Youth

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Nicole L. Miller

  • Effects of adolescent drug use on adult mental health: A prospective study of a community sample.

    Michael D. Newcomb;Lawrence M. Scheier;P. M. Bentler

  • ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA USE AMONG RURAL YOUTH: INTERACTION OF SOCIAL AND INTRAPERSONAL INFLUENCES

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Robert G. Malgady;Kenneth W. Griffin;Lawrence M. Scheier

  • Ethnic Identity as a Moderator of Psychosocial Risk and Adolescent Alcohol and Marijuana Use: Concurrent and Longitudinal Analyses

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Tracy Diaz Ma;Michelle Ifill-Williams Msw

  • Preventive intervention effects on developmental progression in drug use: structural equation modeling analyses using longitudinal data.

    Lawrence M. Scheier;Gilbert J. Botvin;Kenneth W. Griffin

  • Personal Competence Skills, Distress, and Well-Being as Determinants of Substance Use in a Predominantly Minority Urban Adolescent Sample

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Jennifer A. Epstein

  • Adherence to treatment in children with epilepsy: who follows "doctor's orders"?

    Wendy G. Mitchell;Lawrence M. Scheier;Sherryl A. Baker

  • Handbook of Drug Use Etiology: Theory, Methods, and Empirical Findings

    Lawrence Scheier

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilbert J. Botvin
Gilbert J. Botvin Cornell University
Kenneth W. Griffin
Kenneth W. Griffin Cornell University
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer A. Epstein
Jennifer A. Epstein Cornell University
Charles B. Fleming
Charles B. Fleming University of Washington
Linda B. Cottler
Linda B. Cottler University of Florida
Laura D. Kubzansky
Laura D. Kubzansky Harvard University
Penelope Hasking
Penelope Hasking Curtin University
Julia K. Boehm
Julia K. Boehm Chapman University

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