Steven R. Lawyer
Professor
Psychology
Idaho State University
United States of America
Biography
Steven R. Lawyer, Ph.D Professor, Clinical Psychology - Director of Clinical Training B.A. (1995), Western Michigan University; M.S. (1999), Auburn University, Pre-Doctoral Clinical Resident (2001-2002), University of Mississippi Medical Center; Ph.D. (2002), Auburn University; and Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2004), National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina.
Research Interest
Dr. Lawyer's research interests include laboratory models of decision-making, with a particular focus on the delay and probability discounting tasks. Withing this paradigm, Dr. Lawyer studies methodological aspects of delay discounting, such as the impact of domain-specific patterns of impulsive choice, and developing strategies to better model specific patterns of impulsive choice, such as that associated with sexual risk-taking. Although he is primarily focused on decision-making, he remains interested in trauma and anxiety-related phenomena. Dr. Lawyer's clinical interests include cognitive-behavioral and other empirically-supported approaches to reducing anxiety-related and depressive symptoms, and brief psychotherapy.
Publications
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Lawyer SR, Schoepflin F (2013) Predicting domain-specific outcomes using delay and probability discounting for sexual versus monetary outcomes. Behavioral Processes, 96: 71-78.
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Lawyer SR(2013) Risk-taking for sexual versus monetary outcomes using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. The Psychological Record, 63: 1-18.
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Lawyer SR, Baerger R, Kuruvilla B (2013) Ethical conduct of laboratory experimental research on fear and anxiety: Review and recommendations. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 15: 148-159.
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Prause N, Lawyer SR (2014) Specificity of reinforcement for risk behaviors of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task using math models of performance. Journal of Risk Research, 17: 317-335.
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Konecky B, Lawyer SR(in press) Steeper delay discounting among substance-abusing and -dependent adolescents versus controls. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse.
