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Stability and change in positive self-appraisal from midlife to later agingCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 56:247-67. 2003..Self-appraisals in later aging were related to current life satisfaction. The results are discussed in terms of the role of the self-concept and the self-narrative in life-span development...
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...- Self-appraisal, life satisfaction, and retrospective life choices across one and three decadesC K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Psychol Aging 14:238-44. 1999..In an integrative structural equation model, the relation between the midlife self-appraisal of having lived up to intellectual abilities and overall satisfaction at age 80 was mediated by life satisfaction discrepancy at age 61... - Perceived strategies and activities for successful later agingCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 72:343-59. 2011..History of higher-level occupations was related to more productive activities. Results are discussed in terms of the challenges of later aging... 
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, 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... - 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... - Longitudinal predictors of proactive goals and activity participation at age 80Carole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Bellmont Hall 222 D3700, Austin, TX 78712, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:P418-25. 2002..The results are discussed in terms of contemporary research and theory concerning the self-concept and life span development... - Adulthood predictors of health promoting behavior in later agingCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA
Int J Aging Hum Dev 58:289-313. 2004.... - 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.... - Social influences on smoking in middle-aged and older womenCharles J Holahan
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 26:519-26. 2012..Overall, the present results indicate that social influences are important correlates of smoking status, smoking level, smoking cessation, and smoking relapse among middle-aged and older women... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Smoking status, physical health-related quality of life, and mortality in middle-aged and older womenCarole K Holahan
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 15:662-9. 2013..There is a lack of knowledge concerning the relation of level of smoking to quality of life and mortality among middle-aged and older women smokers... - Relationship of perceived environmental characteristics to leisure-time physical activity and meeting recommendations for physical activity in TexasKatherine S Velasquez
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A24. 2009..We investigated the relationship of perceived environmental characteristics to self-reported physical activity in Texas adults using 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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...