Erika Lawrence

Ph.D.
- Developing, testing and disseminating effective treatments for reducing domestic violence through community-based efficacy and effectiveness studies
- Identifying risk factors and developing preventive interventions targeting the developmental course of couple distress and dissolution
- Understanding and incorporating economic and cultural disparities in our conceptual models of couple dysfunction
Lawrence, E., & Langer Zarling, A. (2013). Achieving Change through Value-Based Behavior (ACTV): Treatment manual for facilitators treating domestic violence offenders. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Foundation.
Lawrence, E., & Sullivan, K.T. (Eds.) (forthcoming, 2015). Oxford handbook of couple research and interventions: Oxford Library of Psychology Series. NY: Oxford University Press.
Sullivan, K.T., Pasch, L.A., Lawrence, E., & Bradbury, T.N. (2015). Physical aggression, compromised social support, and 10-year marital outcomes: Testing a relational spillover model. Journal of Family Psychology. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000125
Zarling, A., Lawrence, E., & Marchman, J. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy for aggressive behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83(1), 199-212. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/a0037946
Brock, R.L., Barry, R.A., Lawrence, E., Rolffs, J., Cerretani, D., & Langer Zarling, A. (2015). Online administration of questionnaires assessing psychological and physical aggression: Establishing psychometric equivalence. Psychology of Violence, 5(3), 294-304. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10037835