Carole K. Holahan, Ph.D.

Professor, Health Education
Kinesiology & Health Education

Office:
510 Bellmont Hall
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
Mail Code: D3700

Phone: 512-471-2428; Fax: 512-471-3845
E-mail: c.holahan@mail.utexas.edu

Research Interests

• Health and well-being across the life span
• Psychosocial predictors of health behavior
• Successful aging
• Coping with illness
• Women's health

Educational Background

• 1976-1978 Postdoctoral The University of Texas at Austin - Social-Developmental Psychology
• 1976 Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin–Educational Psychology (Concentration in quantitative methods, measurement and evaluation)
• 1971 M.Ed., University of Massachusetts at Amherst–Educational Research
• 1967 B.S. in Ed. Duquesne Univesity, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Mathematics

Publications

Selected Articles

• Holahan, C. K., Holahan, C. J., Velasquez, K. E., Jung, S., North, R. J., & Pahl, S. A. (in press). Purposiveness and leisure-time physical activity in women in early midlife. Women & Health.
• Holahan, C. J., Schutte, K. K., Brennan, P. L., North, R. J., Holahan, C. K., Moos, B. S., & Moos, R. H.  (in press).  Wine consumption and 20-year mortality among late-life moderate drinkers.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
• Holahan, C. J., North, R. J., Holahan, C. K., Hayes, R. B., Powers, D. A., & Ockene, J. K. (in press).  Social Influences on Smoking in Middle-Aged and Older Women.  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
• Holahan, C. K., Holahan, C. J., Powers, D. A., Hayes, R. B., Marti, C. N., & Ockene, J. K.  (2011).  Depressive symptoms and smoking in middle-aged and older women. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 13, 722-731.
• Holahan, C. K., & Velasquez, K. S. (2011). Perceived strategies and activities for successful later aging.  International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 72, 343-359.
• Holahan, C. J., Schutte, K. K., Brennan, P. L., Holahan, C. K., Moos, B. S., & Moos, R. H. (2010). Late-Life Alcohol Consumption and 20-Year Mortality. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34, 1-11.

• Holahan, C. J., Pahl, S. A., Cronkite, R. C., Holahan, C. K., North, R. J., & Moos, R. H. (2010). Depression and vulnerability to incident physical illness across 10 years. Journal of Affective Disorders, 123, 222-229.
• Velasquez, K. S., Holahan, C. K., & You, X. (2009). Relationship of perceived environmental characteristics to leisure time physical activity and meeting recommendations for physical activity among Texas men and women. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy, 6 (1).
• Holahan, C. K., Holahan, C. J., & Suzuki, R. (2008). Purposiveness, physical activity, and perceived health in cardiac patients. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30, 1772-1778.
• Holahan, C. K., Holahan, C. J., Velasquez, K., & North, R. (2008). The relationship of positive expectancy to happiness in early to later aging. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 66, 229-241.
• Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Moerkbak, M. L., Cronkite, R. C., Holahan, C. K., & Kenney, B. A. (2007). Spousal similarity in coping and depressive symptoms over 10 years. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 551-559.
• Harris, K. K., Loyo, J., Holahan, C. K., Suzuki, R., & Gottlieb, N. (2007). Cross-sectional predictors of reading to young children among participants in the Texas WIC program. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 21, 254-268.
• Kenney, B, A., Holahan, C. J., North, R. L., & Holahan, C. K. (2006). Depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking in American workers. American Journal of Health Promotion, 20, 179-182.
• Holahan, C. K., & Suzuki, R. (2006). Motivational factors in health-promoting behavior in later aging. Activities, Adaptation, and Aging, 30, 47-60.
• Holahan, C. K., & Moerkbak, M., & Suzuki, R. (2006). Social support and depressive symptoms in cardiac illness among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White cardiac patients. Psychology and Health, 21, 615-631.
• Holahan, C. K. & Suzuki, R. (2004). Adulthood predictors of health promoting behavior in later aging. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 58, 289-313.
• Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., Cronkite, R. C., & Randall, P. K. (2004). Unipolar depression, life context vulnerabilities, and drinking to cope. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 269-275.
• Holahan, C. K. (2003). Stability and change in positive self-appraisal from midlife to later aging. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 56, 247-267.
• Holland, K. & Holahan, C. K. (2003) The relation of social support and coping to adjustment to breast cancer. Psychology and Health, 18, 15-29.
• Holahan, C. K. & Chapman, J. (2002) Longitudinal predictors of proactive goals and activity participation at age 80. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57B, P418-P425.
• Mackie, K.S., Holahan, C. K., & Gottlieb, N.H. (2001). Employee involvement practices and mental health in male and female employees of a human services residential facility. Human Relations, 54, 1065-1092.
• Holahan, C. K., Holahan, C. J., & Wonacott, N. L. (1999). Self-appraisals at midlife and life satisfaction and retrospective life choices one and three decades later. Psychology and Aging, 14, 238-244.
• Polasky, L. J., & Holahan, C. K. (1998). Maternal self-discrepancies, interrole conflict, and negative affect among married professional women with children. Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 388-401.

Book

• Holahan, C. K., & Sears, R. R. (1995). The gifted group in later maturity. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 363 pages.

Grants

• Depressive symptoms and smoking among middle-aged and older women. National Institute on Drug Abuse (R03). Principal Investigator (with C. J. Holahan, PI and D. A. Powers, Co-Investigator), May, 2009 to April, 2012.
• Co-morbidity between depression and physical illness across 10 years. Marchionne Foundation, Health, Behavior, and Medicine Program, Co-PI (with C. J. Holahan, PI, R. H. Moos and R. Cronkite, Co-Investigators), 2007-2008.
• Smoking Among Older Adults:  Risk and Protective Factors.  Pilot project funded by the , Center for Health Promotion Research, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Co-Investigator (with C. J. Holahan, PI, C. Taxis & R. H Moos, Co-Investigators). June, 2006 to June, 2007.
• Evaluation of WIC Nutrition Education. Bureau of Nutrition Services, Texas Department of Health, Co-Investigator (with N. H. Gottlieb, PI), September, 2002-August, 2005.
• Social support and mental health in cardiac illness:  A comparison of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white cardiac patients.  Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, Principal Investigator. October, 2001-June 2003.
• Social resources, coping, and aging.  National Institute on Aging, Co-Investigator (with C. J. Holahan, PI), 2001-2002.
• Health-promoting self-care behavior in community-dwelling older adults.  Pilot project funded by the Center for Health Promotion Research, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, NINR, Co-Investigator (with G. Acton, PI, C.M. Brown, M. Aguilar, W. Spirduso, Co-Investigators), January, 2000-December, 2000.
• Work and family stressors and alcohol use and an integrative model of vulnerability and protective factors.  Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator (with C. J. Holahan, PI), June, 1998-May, 2000.
• Psychological functioning and health of the Terman subjects in later aging.  Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas, Principal Investigator (with C. J. Holahan, Co-PI), 1995-1997.
• Development of a four-year model of psychosocial adjustment to cardiovascular illness. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R03), Co-Investigator (with C. J. Holahan, P.I., and R. H. Moos, Co-Investigator), 1992-1994.

Honors and Awards

• Mensa Education and Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Research, 1996, 2000
• Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 20, 2000; Division 35, 1986
• Fellow, American Psychological Society, 1990
• Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2001

Links

• American Psychological Association, Division 38, Health Psychology
• American Psychological Association, Division 20, Adult Development and Aging
• Gerontological Society of America