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| Charles J HolahanSummaryAffiliation: University of Texas Country: USA Publications
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Social context, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms: an expanded model with cardiac patientsC J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin 78712, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 72:918-28. 1997..Moreover, positive and negative aspects of social relationships made essentially unique contributions in predicting subsequent coping efforts...
Late-life alcohol consumption and 20-year mortalityCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology A8000, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1961-71. 2010....
Depression and vulnerability to incident physical illness across 10 yearsCharles J Holahan
University of Texas at Austin, USA
J Affect Disord 123:222-9. 2010..Moreover, whereas almost all previous research on depression and incident physical illness has involved specific physical illnesses, the present study examines the link between depression and incident physical illness more generally...
Spousal similarity in coping and depressive symptoms over 10 yearsCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin TX 78712, USA
J Fam Psychol 21:551-9. 2007..These findings support social contextual models of psychological adjustment that emphasize the importance of dynamic interdependencies between individuals in close relationships...
Stress generation, avoidance coping, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year modelCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:658-66. 2005..These findings broaden knowledge about the stress-generation process and elucidate a key mechanism through which avoidance coping is linked to depressive symptoms...
Unipolar depression, life context vulnerabilities, and drinking to copeCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:269-75. 2004..Depressed patients experienced more negative life events and less family support than did community controls. These underlying life context vulnerabilities explained the relationship between depressed patient status and drinking to cope...
Wine consumption and 20-year mortality among late-life moderate drinkersCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:80-8. 2012..Despite a growing consensus that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced total mortality, whether wine consumption provides an additional, unique protective effect is unresolved...
Resource loss, resource gain, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year modelC J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin 78712, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 77:620-9. 1999..Finally, in an integrative structural equation model, the association between change in life events and depressive symptoms at follow-up was completely mediated through resource change...
Long-term posttreatment functioning among patients with unipolar depression: an integrative modelC J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 68:226-32. 2000..These findings indicate that life stressors contribute to posttreatment depression through an erosion of personal and social resources...
Drinking to cope and alcohol use and abuse in unipolar depression: a 10-year modelCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 112:159-65. 2003..Individuals who had a stronger propensity to drink to cope at baseline showed a stronger connection between depressive symptoms and both alcohol consumption and drinking problems...
The contributions of Rudolf MoosCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Am J Community Psychol 30:65-6. 2002
Family support, family income, and happiness: a 10-year perspectiveRebecca J North
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Fam Psychol 22:475-83. 2008..These findings suggest that happiness can change and underscore the importance of exploring more deeply the role that family relationships play in facilitating such change...
Depressive symptoms, drinking problems, and smoking cessation in older smokersBrent A Kenney
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
Addict Behav 34:548-53. 2009..Understanding the mechanisms underlying depression and cigarette smoking among older adults is applicable to secondary prevention and treatment and suggests additional public health benefits from treating depression in older persons...
Depressive symptoms and smoking in middle-aged and older womenCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 13:722-31. 2011..Smoking research and intervention efforts have neglected older women. Depressive symptoms, which are common in middle-aged and older women, are related to the maintenance of adult smoking...
Purposiveness and leisure-time physical activity in women in early midlifeCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
Women Health 51:661-75. 2011..These results suggest that women with a sense of purpose may be better able to achieve acceptable levels of physical activity...
Depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking in American workersBrent A Kenney
Department of Psychology, A8000, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:179-82. 2006..Limitations include self-report cross-sectional data and an underrepresentation of minority group members and individuals of low socioeconomic status...
Depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking in a college sampleBrent A Kenney
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Am Coll Health 56:409-14. 2008....
Longitudinal change in happiness during aging: the predictive role of positive expectanciesCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 66:229-41. 2008..Moreover, positive expectancies about aging, assessed at an average age of 61, predicted greater happiness at ages 70, 75, and 80. These results held controlling for prior happiness, as well as for prior self-rated health and income...
Purposiveness, physical activity, and perceived health in cardiac patientsCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Disabil Rehabil 30:1772-8. 2008..This study examined the relationship of purposiveness, defined as maintaining purpose in life and a sense of personal growth, with physical activity and perceived health in a sample of cardiac outpatients...
Dispositional and contextual perspectives on coping: Introduction to the special issueRudolf H Moos
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Stanford University
J Clin Psychol 59:1257-9. 2003
The psychobiology of children exposed to marital violenceKasey M Saltzman
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 34:129-39. 2005..These results indicate that children exposed to marital violence have a different physiological presentation than controls and may be physiologically "traumatized" by virtue of marital violence exposure...
Dispositional and contextual perspectives on coping: toward an integrative frameworkRudolf H Moos
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Stanford University, CA, USA
J Clin Psychol 59:1387-403. 2003..We then consider applications of the framework to clinical practice...
