Publications and Recent Presentations
Publications
(*Undergraduate Collaborator)
Conry-Murray, C, & Shaw, L. A.. (2016). Young adults in the United States and Benin reason about gendered cultural traditions. Social Development, 1-15. DOI 10.1111/sode.12228
Shaw, L.A., Wainryb, C., & Smetana, J. (2014). Early and middle adolescents' reasoning about moral and personal concerns in opposite-sex interactions. Social Development, 23 (4), 784-802.
Shaw, L.A., Amsel, E., & Schillo, J.* (2011). Risk taking in late adolescence: Relations between socio-moral reasoning, risk stance and behavior. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21 (4), 881-894.
Shaw, L. A., & Wainryb, C. (2006). When victims don’t cry: Children’s understandings of victimization, compliance, and subversion. Child Development, 77 (4), 1050-1062.
Wainryb, C., Shaw, L. A., Langley, M., Cottam*, K., & Lewis*, R. (2004). Children’s thinking about diversity of belief in the early school years: Judgments of relativism, tolerance, and disagreeing persons. Child Development, 75 (3), 687-703.
Wainryb, C., Shaw, L. A., Laupa, M., & Smith, K. R. (2001). Children’s, adolescents’, and young adults’ thinking about different types of disagreements. Developmental Psychology, 37 (3), 373-386.
Shaw, L. A., & Wainryb, C. (1999). The outsider’s perspective: Young adults’ judgments of social practices of other cultures. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17, 451-471.
Nunez, N., McCoy, M. L., Clark, H. L., & Shaw, L. A. (1999). The testimony of elderly victim/witnesses and their impact on juror decisions: The importance of examining multiple stereotypes. Law and Human Behavior, 23 (4), 413-423.
Wainryb, C., Shaw, L. A., & Maianu, C. (1998). Tolerance and intolerance: Children’s and adolescents’ judgments of dissenting beliefs, speech, persons, and conduct. Child Development, 69 (6), 1541-1555.
Recent Conference Presentations
(*Undergraduate Collaborator)
Mansfield, C.D., & Shaw, L.A. (2023). “I haven’t learned anything from this yet, but I am sure that I can find a good takeaway later”: Associations between teen narration of recent stressors and positive developmental outcomes in a 1-year study. Paper presented in C.D. Mansfield (Chair), “Narrative meaning-making in adolescence: Processes, power, and potential of storying experiences when alone and with others”. Symposium presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Carrington, M.R., Eubank, S.J., Mansfield, C.D., & Shaw, L.A. (2023). Beyond romance: Emerging adults’ narratives of interpersonal turning points matter for well-being and perception of positive relations. Poster presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Eubank, S.J., Frazier, T.M., Shaw, L.A., & Mansfield, C.D. (2023). The virtuous teen: Fact or fiction? Poster presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Mansfield, C.D. & Shaw, L.A. (2023). Exploring the developmental underpinnings of wisdom in adolescence: A short-term longitudinal study. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Barraza, A.*, Shaw, L.A., Geddes, K.L.*, and Mansfield, C.D. (2022). Adults' narratives of challenges and coping with the pandemic: The roles of age and socioeconomic status. Poster presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Geddes, K.L.*, and Mansfield, C.D., Barraza, A.*, and Shaw, L.A., (2022). Exploring the relationship between wisdom and coping with the pandemic in emerging adulthood. Poster presented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Shaw, L.A. (2021). Panel on Transfer issues in Gen Ed Gateway Course Completion. USHE "What is an Educated Person?" Conference. Moderator, Dr. John Wolfe (Dixie State University). Other panelists, Dr. Rachel Lewis (Assistant Provost, SLCC) and Brionne Lockett (Dixie State University).
Barraza, A.*, Mansfield, C.D., Harmison, D.*, Carrington, M.*, and Shaw, L.A. (2021). Positive adaptation to the pandemic: The roles of openness, optimism, and narrative meaning-making. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piage Society, Virtual Conference.
White, J.*, Dahl, A.*, Harmison, D.*, Klein, J.*, Lemons, A.*, Simmons, J.*, Mansfield, C., Shaw, L.A., and Pasupathi, M. (2020). Adult experiences of interpersonal harm: Is there a positivity effect? Poster presented at the 15th Annual OUR Symposium, Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
White, J.*, Dahl, A.*, Harmison, D.*, Klein, J.*, Lemons, A.*, Simmons, J.*, Mansfield, C., Shaw, L.A., and Pasupathi, M. (2020). Adult experiences of interpersonal harm: Is there a positivity effect? Poster presented at the 14th Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Shaw, L.A., Mansfield, C.D., Wainryb, C., & Pasupathi, M. (2019, June). "I went back to him and told him I was sorry...": Exploring the impact of perspective on maternal narrative of anger in parenting. Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Portland, Oregon.
Shaw, L.A., Ollilainen, M., Stern, E., & Oberg, C. (2016, October). The creation, implementation, and teaching of interdisciplinary general education courses at an open enrollment university. Paper to be presented to the Association of General and Liberal Studies, Salt Lake City, UT.
Haverkamp, C.*, & Shaw, L.A. (2016, April). Social-information processing and attachment theories: Their connections and relations to learning disability and autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the Psychology Research Symposium, Weber State University.
Mark, E.*, & Shaw, L.A. (April, 2016). Socratic Method: Understanding its application in modern cognitive behavior therapy. Paper presented at the Psychology Research Symposium, Weber State University.
Trevethan-Blunk, A.*, Amsel, E., & Shaw, L.A. (2012, March). Substance use, depression, and stress: A retrospective analysis of their relations and trajectories across adolescence. Poster to be presented at the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Trevethan-Blunk, A.*, Amsel, E., & Shaw, L.A. (2011, April). Comorbidity of substance use and depressive symptomology: A retrospective analysis of their relation and trajectory across adolescence. Poster presented at the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, Ogden, UT.
Trevethan-Blunk, A.*, Amsel, E. & Shaw, L.A. (2011, April). Comorbidity of substance use and depressive symptomology: A retrospective analysis of their relation and trajectory across adolescence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Conry-Murray, C., Shaw, L.A., & Kay, A. (2010, April). American and Beninese reasoning about cultural traditions: The role of consent. Poster presented at the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Shaw, L.A., Smetana, J., & Wainryb, C. (2010, March). Early and middle adolescents’ reasoning about moral and personal concerns in opposite-sex interactions. Poster presented at the 13th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Taylor, K.*, Shaw, L.A., & Amsel. E. (2009, August). Socio-moral reasoning, risk intentions, and norms of teen risk taking. Poster presented at the 117th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Taylor, K.* & Shaw, L.A. (2009, June). Adolescent risk taking: Relations among socio-moral judgments, risk behavior, intentions, and subjective norms. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Park City, Utah.
Taylor, K.*, Amsel, E., & Shaw, L.A. (2009, April). Emotional correlates of adolescents’ risk taking judgments, intentions and behavior. Poster presented at the 79th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Shaw, L.A., Wainryb, C., & Smetana, J. (2008, June). Younger and older adolescents’ thinking about personal and moral concerns in opposite-sex interactions. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Taylor, K.*, Shaw, L.A., & Amsel, E. (2008, April). Younger and older adolescents’ risk-taking intentions: Relations with socio-moral and socio-relational judgments. Paper presented at the 78th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Boise, Idaho.
Shaw, L.A., Amsel, E., Schillo, J.*, Bosgieter, B.*, Garner, J.*, & Thorn, M.* (2007, April). Young adults’ socio-moral reasoning and its relation to risk-taking intentions and behavior. In C. Lightfoot (Organizer), Adolescent risk-taking in developmental and ecological perspective. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts.
Shaw, L.A., Amsel, E., Schillo, J.*, Bosgieter, B.*, Garner, J.*, & Thorn, M.* (2006, June). The relationship between young adults’ risk taking behavior and their understandings and evaluations of the socio-moral aspects of risk taking behavior. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Baltimore, Maryland.
Shaw, L.A. (2005, June). Children’s and adolescents’ thinking about responses to injustice: Compliance, subversion, and opposition. In C. Wainryb (Organizer), Children’s and adolescents’ thinking about power struggles and injustice: Confrontation, submission, and subterfuge. Symposium presented at the 35th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Vancouver, British Columbia.