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A/Prof

Jeanette Lawrence

Honorary
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
social sciences
psychology
psychology, developmental
clinical research
behavioral and social science
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
pediatric
psychology, multidisciplinary
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A/Prof

Jeanette Lawrence

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Personal and social development in children
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Projects

Displaying the 8 most recent projects from 8 for Jeanette Lawrence.

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Tracking the Wellbeing, worries and coping styles of children and young people from refugee backgrounds

2012 - 2014
Completed
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TRACKING PATHWAYS THROUGH EDUCATION FOR REFUGEE YOUNG PEOPLE

Completed
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"Fairness and equity for victims of crime: what do victims want, and why don't they get it? "

The goal of the research is to assist justice and crime victims services agencies to understand their role in relation to crime victims and ..

2006 - 2011
Completed
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"Fairness and equity for victims of crime: what do victims want, and why don't they get it? "

The research will contribute to a better understanding how traditional legal and justice processes can be made consistent with victims' need..

2006 - 2011
Completed
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DEVELOPING COMPUTER-BASED TOOLS FOR ASSESSING NEEDS, CHANGE AND RECOVERY IN REFUGEE CHILDREN AND YOUTH

2009 - 2010
Completed
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Analyses of Children's Court Clinic Reports Ordered by the Children's Court of Victoria in Child Protection Matters Before the Court

2009 - 2010
Completed
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Improving court processing of protection applications for young children in the Children's Court of Victoria

The project applies collaborative expertise to improve "healthy starts" (National Research Priority Goal) for vulnerable children with child..

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Understanding young adults' self-management of their type 1 diabetes mellitus: A developmental perspective

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Projects

Project Types

5

Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 48 for Jeanette Lawrence.

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Perspectives of Refugee Children Resettling in Australia on Indicators of Their Wellbeing

Jeanette A Lawrence, Ida Kaplan, Amy H Collard

Journal article  |  2019  |  CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH

Indicators of the well-being of refugee children are under explored, especially from children’s perspectives. We used a child-frie..

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Understanding refugee children's perceptions of their well-being in australia using computer-assisted interviews

JA Lawrence, I Kaplan, AE Dodds

Book Chapter  |  2019

Children from refugee backgrounds have the right and the ability to contribute to research knowledge. But they need researchers to..

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Computer-Assisted Expressions of the Perspectives of Refugee Children in Resettlement

Jeanette A Lawrence, Ida Kaplan, Agnes E Dodds

Journal article  |  2019  |  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Understanding the perspectives of refugee children on their lives is important for acknowledging children's rights, competence, an..

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Toward a Psychology of Resistance

Jeanette A Lawrence, Agnes E Dodds

Journal article  |  2018  |  INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

Resistance is all around us in contemporary life. It is an everyday phenomenon of personal and cultural life, as the Chaudhary et ..

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Developing Persons and Clashing Cultures

Jeanette A Lawrence

Book Chapter  |  2018

Contemporary twenty-first-century life is experienced in expanding social landscapes where rapid changes in communication (e.g., t..

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Positioning Children in Developmental Analyses of Cultural Conflicts Commentary on the Special Issue of Human Development "Collective Strategies for Human Development in War and Its Long Shadow"

Jeanette A Lawrence

Journal article  |  2016  |  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

In this commentary on intervention studies in times and situations of war, violence and cultural conflict, I focus on the need to ..

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Cultural belonging and being at home in Australia

J Lawrence, A BROOKER, A Dodds

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Understanding the perspectives of refugee unaccompanied minors using a computer-assisted interview

JA Lawrence, I Kaplan, AH Collard

Journal article  |  2016  |  Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

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The Rights of Refugee Children to Self-Expression and to Contribute to Knowledge in Research: Respect and Methods

Jeanette A Lawrence, Ida Kaplan, Agnes E Dodds

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE

Children have the right to express themselves and to be involved in the construction of knowledge. In this article, we argue for t..

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NEW METHODS FOR EXAMINING FAMILY FUNCTIONING IN EPILEPSY

S Wilson, G Rayner, JA Lawrence

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  EPILEPSIA

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Expanding Knowledge
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Applied and Developmental Psychology
Social and Personality Psychology
Demography
Other Psychology
Other Culture and Society
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Other Human Society
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

Member

Australian Psychological Association

Member

International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development

Member

Australasian Human Developmental Association

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Minnesota

Bachelor of Arts

University of Sydney

Title Not Known

Melbourne College of Divinity

Title Not Known

Australian College of Theology