Shawn A Lawrence

Biographic Data

ID101820
NAMEShawn A Lawrence
GIVEN NAMESShawn A
FAMILY NAMELawrence
SIGNATURELAWRENCE S A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Central Florida
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • The mental and behavioral health impact of Covid-19 stay at home orders on social work students

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn Lawrence et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting stay at home orders have had significant effects on mental and behavioral health. College and University students are at particular risk of mental and behavioral health issues due to the social distancing, stay at home orders and the abrupt shift from face-to-face to online learning. This study aimed to determine the impact that stay at home orders have on health behaviors such as mental health, physical ac…

  • Are social work students academically entitled

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn Lawrence et al.ARTICLESocial Work Education2022

    Educators have observed that university and college students have been exhibiting behaviors that are consistent with academic entitlement. There is however a dearth of research surrounding social work students. The current study assesses whether social work students exhibit academically entitled behaviors as compared to other disciplines and whether there are age, gender or academic level differences. Results from the Academic Entitlement Questio…

  • Empathy and attitudes about substance abuse among social work students, clinical social workers, & nurses

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn Lawrence et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work Practice…2021

    Empathy is a critical component of social work practice, yet research has indicated that health professionals often express negative attitudes toward people who abuse substances. The current study examines levels of empathy and attitudes of social work students, clinical social workers and practicing nurses. Rates of empathy were lower than expected. The findings suggest that using tools such as SBIRT may be beneficial in terms of contributing to…

  • Divorcing Abused Latina Immigrant Women's Experiences With Domestic Violence Support Groups

    Olga Molina, Shawn A Lawrence et al.ARTICLEJournal of Divorce & Remarriage2009

    The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of Latina immigrants who are divorcing and in domestic violence support groups (DVSGs). To gain an understanding of the client perspective, an ex-post facto research design was utilized with the data collection taking place after the members had terminated with the DVSG services. The convenience sample consisted of 15 Latina women. A questionnaire was used to determine the wome…

  • Factors Affecting Older Women's Adherence to Medication and Treatment

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn Lawrence et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2009Cited by: 1References: 46

    Over the past 25 years, there has been a growing interest in why many patients do not take prescribed medications or fail to follow medical advice. As many as 50% of all patients fail to adhere adequately to therapeutic advice or engage in inappropriate use of prescribed medications. Additionally, there has been a struggle over how best to describe this variance between what medical practitioners recommend and what patients actually do. This arti…

  • Behavioral Interventions to Increase Physical Activity

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn LawrenceARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2002References: 27

    There is growing evidence that physical inactivity poses a significant risk for heart disease, colon cancer, depression, osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes and hypertension (Lewis & Lynch, 1993). In spite of these risks up to 60 percent of Americans are physically inactive (Eaton et al., 1999), indicating that physical inactivity poses a significant public health problem. There are many different interventions utilized to increase physical activity.…

  • Behavioral Medicine Paradigm

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn Lawrence et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2002References: 34

    Physical problems are often related to lifestyle and an individual's interaction with the environment (Raines & Erickson, 1997). The behavioral medicine paradigm depends upon careful analysis of all of these factors in relation to disease etiology and maintenance of health (Pinkerton. Hughes, & Wenrich, 1982). Social work is a field with unlimited job opportunities, no longer limited to mental health and case work. In terms of behavioral medicine…

  • Heart Transplantation

    Shawn A Lawrence, Shawn Lawrence et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2000References: 22

    Heart failure has been the cause of over 40,000 deaths each year (Costanzo et al., 1995). Heart transplant is one of the treatments for heart failure. There are many aspects involved in heart transplantation. This paper will address the medical issues of heart transplantation as well as the psychosocial aspects involved for those both waiting for a heart transplant and for those who have undergone the transplantation process. The interventions us…