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Charles J. Holahan, Professor
SEA 3.202
Ph: (512) 471-3320
Email: holahan@psy.utexas.edu

Dr. Holahan will not be accepting new graduate students for Fall 2010.

Charles (Josh) Holahan received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has been a visiting faculty member at the Center for Health Care Evaluation at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His area of interest is health psychology, with a specialization in stress and coping. His research focuses on "stress resistance," which examines factors that discriminate between individuals who remain healthy versus those who become emotionally or physically ill in the context of life stressors. He also studies the interrelationships among depression, health risk behaviors, and physical illness. He has been awarded the Jeanne Holloway, President's Associates, Dad’s Association, and Raymond Dickson teaching awards.

Selected publications:

Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., & Cronkite, R. C.  (1999).  Resource loss, resource gain, and depressive symptoms: A 10-year model.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 620-629. 

Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., & Cronkite, R. C.  (2000).  Long-term posttreatment functioning among patients with unipolar depression: An integrative model.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 226-232. 

Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., Cronkite, R. C., & Randall, P. K.  (2001).  Drinking to cope, emotional distress, and alcohol use and abuse: A 10-year model.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 190-198.

Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., Cronkite, R. C., & Randall, P. K.  (2003).  Drinking to cope and alcohol use and abuse in unipolar depression: A 10-year model. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 159-165. 

Moos, R. H., & Holahan, C. J.  (2003). Dispositional and Contextual Perspectives on Coping: Toward an Integrative Framework.  Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 1387-1403.

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. J., Moos, R. H., Holahan, C. K., Brennan, P. L., & Schutte, K. K.  (2005).  Stress generation, avoidance coping, and depressive symptoms: A 10-year model.  Journal of Consulting  and Clinical Psychology, 73, 658-666.

Kenney, B. A., Holahan, C. J., North, R., J., & Holahan, C. K.  (2006).  Depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking in American workers. American Journal of Health Promotion, 20, 179-182.

Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., Moerkbak, M. L., Cronkite, R. C., Holahan, C. K., & Kenney, B. A.  (2007).  Depressive symptom similarity between spouses over 10 years: The underlying role of coping.  Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 551-559.

North, R. J., Holahan, C. J., Moos, R. H., & Cronkite, R. C.  (2008).  Family support, family income, and happiness: A 10-year perspective.  Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 475-483.