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Charles J. Holahan is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with specific focus on physiology, pathology and forensic medicine, experimental and cognitive psychology, epidemiology, and general health professions. Their scholarly work addresses subjects including alcohol consumption and health effects, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, homelessness and social issues, smoking behavior and cessation, aging and gerontology research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, as well as dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Among the recent publications by Charles J. Holahan are:

  • "Binge Drinking and Alcohol Problems Among Moderate Average-Level Drinkers," 2022, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • "Living with a Smoker and Multiple Health-Risk Behaviors," 2020, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • "Attitudes Toward Aging, Physical Activity, and Functional Limitations Ten Years Later in Middle and Older Adults," 2020, Innovation in Aging
  • "History of Drinking Problems Diminishes the Protective Effects of Within-Guideline Drinking on 18-Year Risk of Dementia and CIND," 2021, BMC Public Health
  • "Alternative Tobacco Use and Cigarette Smoking Transitions among College Students in Texas," 2023, Substance Use & Misuse

Frequent coauthors collaborating with the scientist include Carole K. Holahan, Sangdon Lim, Daniel A. Powers, Rudolf H. Moos, and Yen Chen. This network indicates interdisciplinary collaboration in the overlapping research themes of their work.

Their research has appeared in venues such as:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • BMC Public Health

The main topics covered throughout their career include:

  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Overall, Charles J. Holahan's body of work integrates psychological and medical perspectives to investigate behavioral health risks and outcomes connected primarily to alcohol use, tobacco consumption, aging, and associated health conditions.

Best Publications

  • Personal and contextual determinants of coping strategies.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Stress generation, avoidance coping, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Penny L. Brennan

  • Self-efficacy, social support, and depression in aging: a longitudinal analysis.

    Carole K. Holahan;Charles J. Holahan

  • Social support and psychological distress: a longitudinal analysis.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Dispositional and contextual perspectives on coping: toward an integrative framework.

    Rudolf H. Moos;Charles J. Holahan

  • Life stressors, personal and social resources, and depression: a 4-year structural model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Social support, coping, and depressive symptoms in a late-middle-aged sample of patients reporting cardiac illness.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Penny L. Brennan

  • Social support, appraisals of event controllability, and coping: An integrative model.

    David P. Valentiner;Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Personality, coping, and family resources in stress resistance: a longitudinal analysis.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Risk, resistance, and psychological distress: a longitudinal analysis with adults and children.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Life stress and health: Personality, coping, and family support in stress resistance.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Drinking to cope, emotional distress and alcohol use and abuse: A ten-year model

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Social context, coping strategies, and depressive symptoms: an expanded model with cardiac patients.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Penny L. Brennan;Penny L. Brennan

  • Test anxiety and academic performance: The effects of study-related behaviors.

    Ralph E. Culler;Charles J. Holahan

  • Life stressors, resistance factors, and improved psychological functioning: an extension of the stress resistance paradigm.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Coping, stress resistance, and growth: Conceptualizing adaptive functioning.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Jeanne A. Schaefer

  • Reassurance seeking, stress generation, and depressive symptoms: an integrative model.

    John G. Potthoff;Charles J. Holahan;Thomas E. Joiner

  • Resource loss, resource gain, and depressive symptoms: a 10-year model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Ruth C. Cronkite

  • Social support and psychological distress: A longitudinal analysis.

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  • The quality of social support: Measures of family and work relationships

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Adjustment in aging: The roles of life stress, hassles, and self-efficacy.

    Carole K. Holahan;Charles J. Holahan;Sharyn S. Belk

  • Parental support and psychological adjustment during the transition to young adulthood in a college sample.

    Charles J. Holahan;David P. Valentiner;Rudolf H. Moos

  • Life stressors, personal and social resources, and depression: A 4-year structural model.

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  • Drinking to cope and alcohol use and abuse in unipolar depression: a 10-year model.

    Charles J. Holahan;Rudolf H. Moos;Carole K. Holahan;Ruth C. Cronkite

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf H. Moos
Rudolf H. Moos Stanford University
Carole K. Holahan
Carole K. Holahan The University of Texas at Austin
Ruth C. Cronkite
Ruth C. Cronkite Stanford University
Judith K. Ockene
Judith K. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Bernice S. Moos
Bernice S. Moos United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Caryn L. Carlson
Caryn L. Carlson The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas E. Joiner
Thomas E. Joiner Florida State University
George W. Holden
George W. Holden Southern Methodist University

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