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Overview

E. Alison Holman is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and sociology and political science as subfields.

Themes extensively explored by Holman include COVID-19 and mental health, migration, health and trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder research, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, risk perception and management, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, and the impacts of misinformation.

Holman has contributed notably to research on the mental health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent papers include:

  • "The novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure," 2020, published in Health Psychology
  • "The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the United States," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "Coping with cascading collective traumas in the United States," 2020, published in Nature Human Behaviour
  • "When time falls apart: The public health implications of distorted time perception in the age of COVID-19," 2020, published in Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • "Risk perceptions and health behaviors as COVID-19 emerged in the United States: Results from a probability-based nationally representative sample," 2021, published in Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Holman include:

  • Roxane Cohen Silver
  • Dana Rose Garfin
  • Nickolas M. Jones
  • Rebecca R. Thompson
  • Steven C. Cramer

Holman has published in a range of scientific journals, including multiple publications in:

  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • Stroke
  • Health Psychology
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Nursing Outlook

Their body of work spans diverse research topics bridging psychology and health sciences, particularly in contexts of trauma and public health crises. The investigation of mental health outcomes, risk perceptions, and behavioral responses during the COVID-19 pandemic forms a central part of their scholarly output.

Best Publications

  • Nationwide longitudinal study of psychological responses to September 11

    Roxane Cohen Silver;E. Alison Holman;Daniel N. McIntosh;Michael Poulin

  • The novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure.

    Dana Rose Garfin;Roxane Cohen Silver;E. Alison Holman

  • Whatever Does Not Kill Us: Cumulative Lifetime Adversity, Vulnerability, and Resilience

    Mark D Seery;E Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings

    E. Alison Holman;Dana Rose Garfin;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • Searching for and finding meaning in collective trauma: results from a national longitudinal study of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

    John A. Updegraff;Roxane Cohen Silver;E. Alison Holman

  • Mental- and Physical-Health Effects of Acute Exposure to Media Images of the September 11, 2001, Attacks and the Iraq War

    Roxane Cohen Silver;E. Alison Holman;Judith Pizarro Andersen;Michael Poulin

  • The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the United States.

    E. Alison Holman;Rebecca R. Thompson;Dana Rose Garfin;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • Terrorism, Acute Stress, and Cardiovascular Health: A 3-Year National Study Following the September 11th Attacks

    E. Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver;Michael Poulin;Judith Andersen

  • Distress, Worry, and Functioning Following a Global Health Crisis: A National Study of Americans’ Responses to Ebola:

    Rebecca R. Thompson;Dana Rose Garfin;E. Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress.

    Rebecca R. Thompson;Nickolas M. Jones;Nickolas M. Jones;E. Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • The Social Language of Time: The Time Perspective–Social Network Connection

    E. Alison Holman;Philip G. Zimbardo

  • Acute stress and subsequent health outcomes: A systematic review.

    Dana Rose Garfin;Rebecca R. Thompson;E. Alison Holman

  • Media exposure to collective trauma, mental health, and functioning: Does it matter what you see?

    E. Alison Holman;Dana Rose Garfin;Pauline Lubens;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • The distinct roles of spirituality and religiosity in physical and mental health after collective trauma: a national longitudinal study of responses to the 9/11 attacks

    Daniel N. McIntosh;Michael J. Poulin;Roxane Cohen Silver;E. Alison Holman

  • Future-Oriented Thinking and Adjustment in a Nationwide Longitudinal Study Following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks

    E. Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • The Neurogenetics of Nice: Receptor Genes for Oxytocin and Vasopressin Interact With Threat to Predict Prosocial Behavior

    Michael J. Poulin;E. Alison Holman;Anneke Buffone

  • Cumulative Exposure to Prior Collective Trauma and Acute Stress Responses to the Boston Marathon Bombings

    Dana Rose Garfin;E. Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver

  • Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well-being following 9/11†

    Michael J. Poulin;Roxane Cohen Silver;Virginia Gil-Rivas;E. Alison Holman

  • Parental response and adolescent adjustment to the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks†

    Virginia Gil-Rivas;Roxane Cohen Silver;E. Alison Holman;Daniel N. McIntosh

  • Adolescent Vulnerability Following the September 11th Terrorist Attacks: A Study of Parents and Their Children.

    Virginia Gil-Rivas;E. Alison Holman;Roxane Cohen Silver

Frequent Co-Authors

Roxane Cohen Silver
Roxane Cohen Silver University of California, Irvine
Daniel N. McIntosh
Daniel N. McIntosh University of Denver
Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University
Shira Maguen
Shira Maguen University of California, San Francisco
Philip G. Zimbardo
Philip G. Zimbardo Stanford University
Jacqueline Mogle
Jacqueline Mogle Pennsylvania State University
John A. Updegraff
John A. Updegraff Kent State University
Michael K. Suvak
Michael K. Suvak Suffolk University
Brett T. Litz
Brett T. Litz Boston University

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