E. Alison Holman
Professor
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Professor, Psychological Science
School of Social Ecology
School of Social Ecology
Ph.D., U.C. Irvine, 1996, Health Psychology
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1989, Psychology
B.S., San Francisco State University, 1981, Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, University of California, Irvine, 2001, Family Medicine
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1989, Psychology
B.S., San Francisco State University, 1981, Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, University of California, Irvine, 2001, Family Medicine
ORCiD: 0000-0001-5076-8403
University of California, Irvine
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Room 4517, Nursing & Health Sciences Hall
854 Health Sciences Road
Mail Code: 3959
Irvine, CA 92697
Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Room 4517, Nursing & Health Sciences Hall
854 Health Sciences Road
Mail Code: 3959
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Acute stress; health effects of individual & collective trauma; media exposure; intergenerational transmission of trauma in minoritized communities; race and discrimination in nursing; temporal disintegration; time perception
Websites
Academic Distinctions
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar 2010-2013
Fellow American Academy of Nurses 2018
Fellow Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research 2019
Fellow American Academy of Nurses 2018
Fellow Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research 2019
Appointments
Post-doctoral Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
1997-1998
1997-1998
Research Abstract
My research examines early biopsychosocial predictors (e.g., genetic susceptibility, acute stress, media exposure) of long-term mental (stress symptoms, worry, time perspectives) and physical health ailments (e.g., cardiovascular disease, stroke) following exposure to individual, collective, and intergenerational racial trauma. I have studied responses to wildfires, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Boston Marathon Bombings, the Orlando Night Club Shooting, and Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Michael. I lead a prospective longitudinal study addressing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among a national sample of Americans in which I am examining the racial/ethnic disparities in health/well-being during the pandemic.
Awards and Honors
Selected Member, Academy for Behavioral Medicine Research 2019
Athalie Clark Achievement Award for Research, UC Irvine School of Medicine 2019
Fellow American Academy of Nursing 2018
University of California, Irvine Academic Senate Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service 2016
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ Frank Ochberg Award for Media and Trauma Study 2014
Athalie Clark Achievement Award for Research, UC Irvine School of Medicine 2019
Fellow American Academy of Nursing 2018
University of California, Irvine Academic Senate Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Service 2016
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ Frank Ochberg Award for Media and Trauma Study 2014
Short Biography
My research has examined early predictors of subsequent trauma-related mental and physical health ailments. I have served as Principal Investigator or co-PI on multiple community-based studies of coping with a variety of collective traumas (e.g., firestorms, terrorism, COVID-19) funded by the National Science Foundation and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. We started this work in 1993 when my colleague, Dr. Roxane C. Silver, and I pioneered a novel methodological approach for studying the impact of collective traumas on communities – acute response surveys collected in real time within days of the event. We also advanced research on collective traumas by using large representative samples of Americans whose mental and physical health status was assessed before the event. These methods significantly advanced trauma research by eliminating retrospective recall bias of acute responses, including baseline pre-event health assessments, and following large representative samples of Americans over several years. Our studies have covered responses to the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Boston Marathon Bombings (BMB), the Orlando Nightclub Shooting, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Michael, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings conceptually advanced trauma research by documenting the powerful impact of media-based exposure. After the BMB, we showed that extensive daily media exposure to the event in the subsequent week was a stronger predictor of acute stress than was direct exposure at the site, and that this media exposure fed into a cycle of distress, worry about the future, later media exposure to a different collective trauma, and more distress. What you see also matters – exposure to graphic images contributes to distress and poor functioning above and beyond the effect of quantity of media exposure experienced. Finally, we also documented the role of 9/11-related acute stress in subsequent new-onset cardiovascular ailments in a large representative sample of Americans most of whom only saw the 9/11 attacks through the media. Together this innovative body of research, published in high impact journals (e.g., PNAS, JAMA), has transformed trauma research by questioning some of the core assumptions about what constitutes trauma exposure, how it affects people mentally and physically, and how they cope.
Publications
Holman, E. A., Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (in press). It matters what you see: Graphic media images of war and terror may amplify distress. Invited perspective for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. (PNAS).
Estes, K., Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (in press). Consuming Hurricane-related media: The protective role of perceived trust. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Garfin, D. R., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (in press). Finding benefits during collective stress: A study of health behaviors in a longitudinal representative U.S. sample. Health Psychology.
Chang, H. A., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A. (in press). Betrayal trauma and somatic symptoms among patients in a medically underserved primary care clinic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Thompson, R. R., *Jones, N. M., Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2024). Contrasting objective and perceived risk: Predicting COVID-19 health behaviors in a nationally representative U.S. sample. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaad055.
81. Akinyemi, A. A., Jones, A., Sweeting, J. A., Holman, E. A. (in press). Parental Preconception Adversity and Offspring Mental Health in African Americans and Native Americans in the U.S.: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse.
80. Grisham, E., Dashtgard, P., Relihan, D. P., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (in press). They saw a hearing: Democrats’ and Republicans’ perceptions of and responses to the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
79. Holman, E. A., Cramer, S. C., & the STRONG Study Collaborators. (In press). Lifetime and acute stress predict functional outcomes following stroke: Findings from the longitudinal STRONG Study. Stroke.
78. Jones, N. M., Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (in press). Idiosyncratic media exposures during a pandemic and their link to well-being, cognition, and behavior over time. Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS).
77. Relihan, D., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (in press). Shared social identity and media transmission of trauma. Scientific Reports.
76. Relihan, D., Holman, E. A., Garfin, D. R., Ditto, P. H., Silver, R. C. (2023). Politicization of a pathogen: A prospective longitudinal study of COVID-19 responses in a nationally representative U.S. sample. Political Psychology. doi: 10.1111/pops.12894
75. Abrahim, H. L. & Holman, E. A. (2022). A scoping review of the literature addressing psychological well-being of racial and ethnic minority nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Outlook. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2022.11.003
74. Young, B. M., Holman, E. A., Cramer, S. C., on behalf of The STRONG Study Investigators. Rehabilitation Therapy Doses Are Low After Stroke And Predicted By Clinical Factors. Stroke.
73. Thompson, R. R., Jones, N. M., Freeman, A. M., Holman, E. A., Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C. (2022). Psychological Responses to U.S. Statewide Restrictions and COVID-19 Exposures: A Longitudinal Study. Health Psychology, 41, 817-825.
72. Grisham, E., Jones, N. M., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A. (2022). Do past events sow future fears? Temporal disintegration, distress, and fear of the future. Clinical Psychological Science.
71. Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., Fischhoff, B., Wong-Parodi, G., & Silver, R. C. (2022). Media exposure, risk perceptions, and fear: Americans’ behavioral responses to the Ebola public health crisis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 77, 103059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103059
70. Holman, E. A., *Jones, N. M., Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C. (2022). Distortions in time perception during collective trauma: Insights from a national longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
69. Williams, D. P., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A. (2022). Racial and ethnic differences in perseverative cognition at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science & Medicine, 306, ePub 115105.
68. Garfin, D. R., *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., Wong-Parodi, G., Silver, R. C. (2022). Association Between Repeated Exposure to Hurricanes and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Florida Residents. JAMA Network Open, 5(6), e2217251. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17251
67. Nogueira, L., White, K. E., Bell, B., Alegria, K. E., Bennett, G., Edmondson, D., Epel, E., Holman, E. A., Kronish, I. M., Thayer, J. (2022). The Role of Behavioral Medicine in Addressing Climate Change Related Health Inequities. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 12, 526-534. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibac005
66. *Sweeting, J., *Akinyemi, A., Holman, E. A. (2022). Parental preconception adversity and offspring health in African Americans: A systematic review of intergenerational studies. Trauma, Violence, Abuse. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380221074320
65. Garfin, D. R., *Djokovic, L., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A. (2022). Acute stress, worry, and impairment in healthcare and non-healthcare essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001224
64. Garfin, D. R., Fischhoff, B., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2021). Risk Perceptions and Health Behaviors as COVID-19 Emerged in the United States: Results from a Probability-based Nationally Representative Sample. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 27(4), 584-598. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000374
63. Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., & Garfin, D. R. (2021). Coping with cascading collective traumas in the United States. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(1), 4-6. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-00981-x
62. Holman, E. A., *Thompson, R. R., Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C. (2020). The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the U.S. Science Advances, eabd5390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd5390
61. Holman, E. A., & *Grisham, E. L. (2020). When time falls apart: The public health implications of distorted time perception in the age of COVID-19. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 12 (S1), S63-S65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000756
60. *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Worst life events and media exposure to terrorism in a nationally representative U.S. sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress. DOI:10.1002/jts.22534
59. *Thompson, R. R., Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). National opinions on death penalty punishment for the Boston Marathon bomber before versus after sentencing. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26(4), 455–462. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000244
58. Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2020). The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure. Health Psychology, 39, 355-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000875
57. Holman, E. A., *Garfin D. R., *Lubens, P., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Media exposure to collective trauma, mental health, and functioning: Does it matter what you see? Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 111-124. DOI: 10.1177/2167702619858300
56. *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Cumulative exposure to prior negative life events and responses to the Boston Marathon bombings. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 12, 320-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000486
55. *Sweeting, J., *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Associations between exposure to childhood bullying and abuse and adulthood outcomes in a representative national U.S. sample. Child Abuse and Neglect, 101, 104048.
54. *Thompson, R. R., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2019). Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress. Science Advances, 5(4), eaav3502. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3502
53. *Redmond, S., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2019). Who watches an ISIS beheading – and why. American Psychologist, 74, 555-568. (Published ahead of print February 25, 2019). doi.org/10.1037/amp0000438.
52. *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2019). Media coverage, forecasted posttraumatic stress symptoms, and psychological responses before and after an approaching hurricane. JAMA Network Open, 2(1), e186228-e186228.
51. Morrison, C. D., Poulin, M. J., & Holman, E. A. (2018). Gender, genes, and the stress-buffering benefits of “home”: Evidence from two national US studies. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 60, 89-99.
50. *Jose, R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2018). Community Organizations and Mental Health after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings. Social Science and Medicine, 222, 367-76.
49.*Garfin, D. R., *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A. (2018). Acute Psychological Responses to Trauma and Future Health: A Systematic Review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 112, 107-113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.05.017
48. Fischhoff, B., *Wong-Parodi, G., *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2018). Public understanding of Ebola risks: Mastering an unfamiliar threat. Risk Analysis, 38, 71-83.
47. *Juth, V., *Chan, M., Cramer, S. C., Holman, E. A. (2018). Assessing acute psychological distress in the immediate aftermath of stroke. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 17, 186-189.
DOI: 10.1177/1474515117719809
46. *Jose, R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2017). The importance of the neighborhood in the 2014 Ebola outbreak in the United States: Distress, worry, and functioning. Health Psychology, 36, 1181-1185.
45. *Thompson, R. R., *Garfin, D. G., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2017). Distress, worry, and functioning following a global health crisis: A national study of Americans’ responses to Ebola. Clinical Psychological Science, 5, 517-521.
44. *Jones, N. M., *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2016). Media use and exposure to graphic content in the week following the Boston Marathon bombings. American Journal of Community Psychology, 58, 47-59. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12073
43. Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C., Mogle, J. A., Scott, S. B. (2016). Adversity, time, and well-being: A longitudinal analysis of time perspective in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 31, 640-651.
42. *Juth, V., Holman, E. A., *Chan, M., Cramer, S. C. (2016). Genetics as a molecular window into recovery, treatment, and stress responses after stroke. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 64, 983–988. doi:10.1136/jim-2016-000126
41. Holman, E. A. (2015). Psychological distress and susceptibility to cardiovascular disease across the lifespan: Implications for future research and clinical practice. (Invited editorial) Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), 66, 1587-89.
40. *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2015). Cumulative Exposure to Prior Collective Trauma and Acute Stress Responses to the Boston Marathon Bombings. Psychological Science, 26(6), 675–683.
39. Holman, E. A., *Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2014). Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, 111, 93-98. doi/10.1073/pnas.1316265110
Abstracted in J. Silver (2014, January 10). Stop replaying the tragedy. NEJM Journal Watch. 2014 (jan10_6) NA33132
38. Holman, E.A., *Guijarro, A., Lim, J., & Piomelli, D. (2014). Effects of acute stress on cardiac endocannabinoids, lipogenesis, and inflammation in rats. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76(1), 20-28.
37. *Lessard, J., & Holman, E. A. (2014). FKBP5 and CRHR1 polymorphisms moderate the effects of child abuse and adult stress on physical health. Health Psychology, 33, 1046-1056.
36. *Lucas-Thompson, R., & Holman, E. A. (2013). Environmental stress, oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism, and mental health following collective stress. Hormones & Behavior, 63, 615-624.
35. Poulin, M. J., & Holman, E. A. (2013). Helping hands, healthy body? Oxytocin receptor gene and prosocial behavior interact to buffer the association between stress and physical health. Hormones & Behavior, 63, 510-517.
34. Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., Andersen, J. P., Poulin, M., McIntosh, D. N., & Gil-Rivas, V. (2013). Mental and physical health effects of acute exposure to media images of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War. Psychological Science, 24, 1623-1634.
33. Holman, E. A. (2012). Acute stress and cardiovascular health: Is there an ACE gene connection? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25, 592-597.
32. Poulin, M. J., Holman, E. A., & Buffone, A. (2012). The neurogenetics of nice: Receptor genes for Oxytocin and Vasopressin interact with threat to predict prosocial behavior. Psychological Science, 23, 446-452.
31. Holman, E. A., *Lucas-Thompson, R. G., & *Lu, T. (2011). Social constraints, genetic vulnerability, and mental health following collective stress. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24, 497-505.
30. Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2011). Health status and health care utilization following collective trauma: A 3-year national study of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Social Science and Medicine, 73, 483-490.
29. McIntosh, D. N., Poulin, M. J., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2011). 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. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 497-507.
28. Holman, E. A., *Perisho, J., *Edwards, A., & *Mlakar, N. (2010). The myths of coping with loss in undergraduate psychiatric nursing books. Research in Nursing and Health, 33, 486-499.
27. *Seery, M. D., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2010). Whatever does not kill us: Cumulative lifetime adversity, vulnerability, and resilience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 1025-1041.
26. *Seery, M. D., Leo, R. J., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2010). Lifetime exposure to adversity predicts functional impairment and healthcare utilization among individuals with chronic back pain. Pain, 150, 507-515.
25. Holman, E. A., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2009). The social language of time: The time perspective-social network connection. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31, 136-147.
24. Poulin, M. J., Silver, R. C., Gil-Rivas, V., Holman, E. A., & McIntosh, D. N. (2009). Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well-being following 9/11. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 81-90.
23. Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C., *Poulin, M., *Andersen, J., *Gil-Rivas, V., & McIntosh, D. N. (2008). Terrorism, acute stress, and cardiovascular health: A 3-year national study following the September 11th attacks. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 73-80. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2007.6
22. *Seery, M. D., Silver R. C., Holman, E. A., Ence, W. A., & Chu, T. Q. (2008). Expressing thoughts and feelings following a collective trauma: Immediate responses to 9/11 predict negative outcomes in a national sample. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 657-667. DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.4.657
21. Suvak, M., Maguen, S., Litz, B. T., Silver R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2008). Indirect exposure to the September 11 terrorist attacks: Does symptom structure resemble PTSD? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 30-39.
20. *Updegraff, J. A., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2008). Searching for and finding meaning in collective trauma: Results from a national longitudinal study of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 709-722. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.709
19. *Gil-Rivas, V., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., & *Poulin, M. (2007). Parental response and adolescent adjustment to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 1063-1068.
18. Chu, T. Q., *Seery, M. D., Ence, W. A., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2006). Ethnicity and gender in the face of a terrorist attack: A national longitudinal study of immediate responses and outcomes two years after September 11. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 291-301.
17. Holman, E. A., & Silver R. C. (2005). Future-oriented thinking and adjustment in a nationwide longitudinal study following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 389-410.
16. *Gil-Rivas, V., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R.C. (2004). Adolescent vulnerability following the September 11th terrorist attacks: A study of parents and their children. Applied Developmental Science, 8, 130-142.
15. Hawkins, N. A., McIntosh, D. N., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2004). Early responses to school violence: A qualitative analysis of students' and parents' immediate reactions to the shootings at Columbine High School. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 4, 197-223.
Also appears in R. Geffner, M. Braverman, J. Galasso, & J. Marsh (Eds.), Aggression in organizations: Violence, abuse, and harassment at work and in schools (pp. 197-223). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004.
14. Silver, R. C., *Poulin, M., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., *Gil-Rivas, V., & *Pizarro, J. (2004). Exploring the myths of coping with a national trauma: A longitudinal study of responses to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 9, 129-141.
Also appears in Y. Danieli, D. Brom, & J. Sills (Eds.), The trauma of terrorism: Sharing knowledge and shared care, An international handbook (pp. 129-141). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2005.
13. Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., *Poulin, M., & *Gil-Rivas, V. (2002). Nationwide longitudinal study of psychological responses to September 11. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 288, 1235-1244. doi:10.1001/jama.288.10.1235
12. Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C., & Waitzkin, H. (2000). Traumatic life events in primary care patients: A study in an ethnically-diverse sample. Archives of Family Medicine, 9, 802-810.
11. Escobar, J. I., Gara, M., Silver, R. C., Waitzkin, H., Holman, E. A., & Compton, W. (1998). Somatisation Disorder in primary care. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 262-266.
10. Escobar, J. I., Gara, M., Waitzkin, H., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., & Compton, W. (1998). DSM-IV Hypochondriasis in primary care. General Hospital Psychiatry, 20, 155-159.
9. Escobar, J. I., Waitzkin, H., Silver, R. C., Gara, M., & Holman, E. A. (1998). Abridged somatization: A study in primary care. Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 466-472.
8. Gara, M., Silver, R. C., Escobar, J. I., Holman, E. A., & Waitzkin, H. (1998). A hierarchical classes analysis (HICLAS) of primary care patients with medically unexplained somatic symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 81, 77-86.
7. Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (1998). Getting “stuck” in the past: Temporal orientation and coping with trauma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1146-1163.
6. Holman, E. A. (1997). The nursing profession’s role in health psychology research: A reply to Helgeson and Lepore. The Health Psychologist, 19, 8.
5. Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (1996). Is it the abuse or the aftermath? A stress and coping approach to understanding responses to incest. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 15, 318-339.
4. Holman, E. A., & Stokols, D. (1994). The environmental psychology of child sexual abuse. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 237-252.
3. Whalen, C. K., Henker, B., O'Neil, R., Hollingshead, J., Holman, E. A., & Moore, B. (1994). Optimism in children's judgments of health and environmental risks. Health Psychology, 13, 319-325.
2. Whalen, C. K., Henker, B., O'Neil, R., Hollingshead, J., Holman, E. A., & Moore, B. (1994). Preadolescents perceptions of AIDS before and after Earvin Magic Johnson's announcement. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19, 3-17.
1. Holman, E. A. (1990). Death and the health professional: Organization and defense in health care. Death Studies, 14, 13-24.
70. Holman, E. A., *Jones, N. M., Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C. (2022). Distortions in time perception during collective trauma: Insights from a national longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
69. Williams, D. P., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A. (2022). Racial and ethnic differences in perseverative cognition at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science & Medicine, 306, ePub 115105.
68. Garfin, D. R., *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., Wong-Parodi, G., Silver, R. C. (2022). Association Between Repeated Exposure to Hurricanes and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Florida Residents. JAMA Network Open, 5(6), e2217251. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.17251
67. Nogueira, L., White, K. E., Bell, B., Alegria, K. E., Bennett, G., Edmondson, D., Epel, E., Holman, E. A., Kronish, I. M., Thayer, J. (2022). The Role of Behavioral Medicine in Addressing Climate Change Related Health Inequities. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 12, 526-534. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibac005
66. *Sweeting, J., *Akinyemi, A., Holman, E. A. (2022). Parental preconception adversity and offspring health in African Americans: A systematic review of intergenerational studies. Trauma, Violence, Abuse. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380221074320
65. Garfin, D. R., *Djokovic, L., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A. (2022). Acute stress, worry, and impairment in healthcare and non-healthcare essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001224
64. Garfin, D. R., Fischhoff, B., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2021). Risk Perceptions and Health Behaviors as COVID-19 Emerged in the United States: Results from a Probability-based Nationally Representative Sample. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 27(4), 584-598. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000374
63. Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., & Garfin, D. R. (2021). Coping with cascading collective traumas in the United States. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(1), 4-6. doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-00981-x
62. Holman, E. A., *Thompson, R. R., Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C. (2020). The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic: A probability-based, nationally representative study of mental health in the U.S. Science Advances, eabd5390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd5390
61. Holman, E. A., & *Grisham, E. L. (2020). When time falls apart: The public health implications of distorted time perception in the age of COVID-19. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 12 (S1), S63-S65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000756
60. *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Worst life events and media exposure to terrorism in a nationally representative U.S. sample. Journal of Traumatic Stress. DOI:10.1002/jts.22534
59. *Thompson, R. R., Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). National opinions on death penalty punishment for the Boston Marathon bomber before versus after sentencing. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26(4), 455–462. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000244
58. Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2020). The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure. Health Psychology, 39, 355-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000875
57. Holman, E. A., *Garfin D. R., *Lubens, P., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Media exposure to collective trauma, mental health, and functioning: Does it matter what you see? Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 111-124. DOI: 10.1177/2167702619858300
56. *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Cumulative exposure to prior negative life events and responses to the Boston Marathon bombings. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy, 12, 320-329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0000486
55. *Sweeting, J., *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2020). Associations between exposure to childhood bullying and abuse and adulthood outcomes in a representative national U.S. sample. Child Abuse and Neglect, 101, 104048.
54. *Thompson, R. R., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2019). Media exposure to mass violence events can fuel a cycle of distress. Science Advances, 5(4), eaav3502. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3502
53. *Redmond, S., *Jones, N. M., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2019). Who watches an ISIS beheading – and why. American Psychologist, 74, 555-568. (Published ahead of print February 25, 2019). doi.org/10.1037/amp0000438.
52. *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2019). Media coverage, forecasted posttraumatic stress symptoms, and psychological responses before and after an approaching hurricane. JAMA Network Open, 2(1), e186228-e186228.
51. Morrison, C. D., Poulin, M. J., & Holman, E. A. (2018). Gender, genes, and the stress-buffering benefits of “home”: Evidence from two national US studies. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 60, 89-99.
50. *Jose, R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2018). Community Organizations and Mental Health after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings. Social Science and Medicine, 222, 367-76.
49.*Garfin, D. R., *Thompson, R. R., Holman, E. A. (2018). Acute Psychological Responses to Trauma and Future Health: A Systematic Review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 112, 107-113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.05.017
48. Fischhoff, B., *Wong-Parodi, G., *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2018). Public understanding of Ebola risks: Mastering an unfamiliar threat. Risk Analysis, 38, 71-83.
47. *Juth, V., *Chan, M., Cramer, S. C., Holman, E. A. (2018). Assessing acute psychological distress in the immediate aftermath of stroke. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 17, 186-189.
DOI: 10.1177/1474515117719809
46. *Jose, R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2017). The importance of the neighborhood in the 2014 Ebola outbreak in the United States: Distress, worry, and functioning. Health Psychology, 36, 1181-1185.
45. *Thompson, R. R., *Garfin, D. G., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2017). Distress, worry, and functioning following a global health crisis: A national study of Americans’ responses to Ebola. Clinical Psychological Science, 5, 517-521.
44. *Jones, N. M., *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2016). Media use and exposure to graphic content in the week following the Boston Marathon bombings. American Journal of Community Psychology, 58, 47-59. DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12073
43. Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C., Mogle, J. A., Scott, S. B. (2016). Adversity, time, and well-being: A longitudinal analysis of time perspective in adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 31, 640-651.
42. *Juth, V., Holman, E. A., *Chan, M., Cramer, S. C. (2016). Genetics as a molecular window into recovery, treatment, and stress responses after stroke. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 64, 983–988. doi:10.1136/jim-2016-000126
41. Holman, E. A. (2015). Psychological distress and susceptibility to cardiovascular disease across the lifespan: Implications for future research and clinical practice. (Invited editorial) Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), 66, 1587-89.
40. *Garfin, D. R., Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C. (2015). Cumulative Exposure to Prior Collective Trauma and Acute Stress Responses to the Boston Marathon Bombings. Psychological Science, 26(6), 675–683.
39. Holman, E. A., *Garfin, D. R., & Silver, R. C. (2014). Media’s role in broadcasting acute stress following the Boston Marathon bombings. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA, 111, 93-98. doi/10.1073/pnas.1316265110
Abstracted in J. Silver (2014, January 10). Stop replaying the tragedy. NEJM Journal Watch. 2014 (jan10_6) NA33132
38. Holman, E.A., *Guijarro, A., Lim, J., & Piomelli, D. (2014). Effects of acute stress on cardiac endocannabinoids, lipogenesis, and inflammation in rats. Psychosomatic Medicine, 76(1), 20-28.
37. *Lessard, J., & Holman, E. A. (2014). FKBP5 and CRHR1 polymorphisms moderate the effects of child abuse and adult stress on physical health. Health Psychology, 33, 1046-1056.
36. *Lucas-Thompson, R., & Holman, E. A. (2013). Environmental stress, oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) polymorphism, and mental health following collective stress. Hormones & Behavior, 63, 615-624.
35. Poulin, M. J., & Holman, E. A. (2013). Helping hands, healthy body? Oxytocin receptor gene and prosocial behavior interact to buffer the association between stress and physical health. Hormones & Behavior, 63, 510-517.
34. Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., Andersen, J. P., Poulin, M., McIntosh, D. N., & Gil-Rivas, V. (2013). Mental and physical health effects of acute exposure to media images of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War. Psychological Science, 24, 1623-1634.
33. Holman, E. A. (2012). Acute stress and cardiovascular health: Is there an ACE gene connection? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 25, 592-597.
32. Poulin, M. J., Holman, E. A., & Buffone, A. (2012). The neurogenetics of nice: Receptor genes for Oxytocin and Vasopressin interact with threat to predict prosocial behavior. Psychological Science, 23, 446-452.
31. Holman, E. A., *Lucas-Thompson, R. G., & *Lu, T. (2011). Social constraints, genetic vulnerability, and mental health following collective stress. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24, 497-505.
30. Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2011). Health status and health care utilization following collective trauma: A 3-year national study of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Social Science and Medicine, 73, 483-490.
29. McIntosh, D. N., Poulin, M. J., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2011). 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. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 497-507.
28. Holman, E. A., *Perisho, J., *Edwards, A., & *Mlakar, N. (2010). The myths of coping with loss in undergraduate psychiatric nursing books. Research in Nursing and Health, 33, 486-499.
27. *Seery, M. D., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2010). Whatever does not kill us: Cumulative lifetime adversity, vulnerability, and resilience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 1025-1041.
26. *Seery, M. D., Leo, R. J., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2010). Lifetime exposure to adversity predicts functional impairment and healthcare utilization among individuals with chronic back pain. Pain, 150, 507-515.
25. Holman, E. A., & Zimbardo, P. G. (2009). The social language of time: The time perspective-social network connection. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31, 136-147.
24. Poulin, M. J., Silver, R. C., Gil-Rivas, V., Holman, E. A., & McIntosh, D. N. (2009). Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well-being following 9/11. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 22, 81-90.
23. Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C., *Poulin, M., *Andersen, J., *Gil-Rivas, V., & McIntosh, D. N. (2008). Terrorism, acute stress, and cardiovascular health: A 3-year national study following the September 11th attacks. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 73-80. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2007.6
22. *Seery, M. D., Silver R. C., Holman, E. A., Ence, W. A., & Chu, T. Q. (2008). Expressing thoughts and feelings following a collective trauma: Immediate responses to 9/11 predict negative outcomes in a national sample. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 657-667. DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.4.657
21. Suvak, M., Maguen, S., Litz, B. T., Silver R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2008). Indirect exposure to the September 11 terrorist attacks: Does symptom structure resemble PTSD? Journal of Traumatic Stress, 21, 30-39.
20. *Updegraff, J. A., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2008). Searching for and finding meaning in collective trauma: Results from a national longitudinal study of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 709-722. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.709
19. *Gil-Rivas, V., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., & *Poulin, M. (2007). Parental response and adolescent adjustment to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 1063-1068.
18. Chu, T. Q., *Seery, M. D., Ence, W. A., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (2006). Ethnicity and gender in the face of a terrorist attack: A national longitudinal study of immediate responses and outcomes two years after September 11. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 291-301.
17. Holman, E. A., & Silver R. C. (2005). Future-oriented thinking and adjustment in a nationwide longitudinal study following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Motivation and Emotion, 29, 389-410.
16. *Gil-Rivas, V., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R.C. (2004). Adolescent vulnerability following the September 11th terrorist attacks: A study of parents and their children. Applied Developmental Science, 8, 130-142.
15. Hawkins, N. A., McIntosh, D. N., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2004). Early responses to school violence: A qualitative analysis of students' and parents' immediate reactions to the shootings at Columbine High School. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 4, 197-223.
Also appears in R. Geffner, M. Braverman, J. Galasso, & J. Marsh (Eds.), Aggression in organizations: Violence, abuse, and harassment at work and in schools (pp. 197-223). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004.
14. Silver, R. C., *Poulin, M., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., *Gil-Rivas, V., & *Pizarro, J. (2004). Exploring the myths of coping with a national trauma: A longitudinal study of responses to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 9, 129-141.
Also appears in Y. Danieli, D. Brom, & J. Sills (Eds.), The trauma of terrorism: Sharing knowledge and shared care, An international handbook (pp. 129-141). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2005.
13. Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., McIntosh, D. N., *Poulin, M., & *Gil-Rivas, V. (2002). Nationwide longitudinal study of psychological responses to September 11. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 288, 1235-1244. doi:10.1001/jama.288.10.1235
12. Holman, E. A., Silver, R. C., & Waitzkin, H. (2000). Traumatic life events in primary care patients: A study in an ethnically-diverse sample. Archives of Family Medicine, 9, 802-810.
11. Escobar, J. I., Gara, M., Silver, R. C., Waitzkin, H., Holman, E. A., & Compton, W. (1998). Somatisation Disorder in primary care. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 262-266.
10. Escobar, J. I., Gara, M., Waitzkin, H., Silver, R. C., Holman, E. A., & Compton, W. (1998). DSM-IV Hypochondriasis in primary care. General Hospital Psychiatry, 20, 155-159.
9. Escobar, J. I., Waitzkin, H., Silver, R. C., Gara, M., & Holman, E. A. (1998). Abridged somatization: A study in primary care. Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 466-472.
8. Gara, M., Silver, R. C., Escobar, J. I., Holman, E. A., & Waitzkin, H. (1998). A hierarchical classes analysis (HICLAS) of primary care patients with medically unexplained somatic symptoms. Psychiatry Research, 81, 77-86.
7. Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (1998). Getting “stuck” in the past: Temporal orientation and coping with trauma. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1146-1163.
6. Holman, E. A. (1997). The nursing profession’s role in health psychology research: A reply to Helgeson and Lepore. The Health Psychologist, 19, 8.
5. Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. C. (1996). Is it the abuse or the aftermath? A stress and coping approach to understanding responses to incest. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 15, 318-339.
4. Holman, E. A., & Stokols, D. (1994). The environmental psychology of child sexual abuse. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 237-252.
3. Whalen, C. K., Henker, B., O'Neil, R., Hollingshead, J., Holman, E. A., & Moore, B. (1994). Optimism in children's judgments of health and environmental risks. Health Psychology, 13, 319-325.
2. Whalen, C. K., Henker, B., O'Neil, R., Hollingshead, J., Holman, E. A., & Moore, B. (1994). Preadolescents perceptions of AIDS before and after Earvin Magic Johnson's announcement. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19, 3-17.
1. Holman, E. A. (1990). Death and the health professional: Organization and defense in health care. Death Studies, 14, 13-24.
Grants
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar Grant: "Susceptibility to Acute Stress and Cardiovascular Ailments: A Gene-Environment Analysis" 2010-2013
National Science Foundation: A national longitudinal study of community trauma exposure.
1/1/2015-12/31/2017, Total costs: $333,396
SILVER (PI), HOLMAN (Co-PI)
National Science Foundation: RAPID: Responding to Terror of a Different Kind: A National Study of the Ebola Epidemic
12/1/14 - 11/30/15, Total costs: $ 160,306
SILVER (PI), HOLMAN (Co-PI)
National Institute of Nursing Research: Genetic variation, stress, and functional outcomes after stroke rehabilitation
7/1/2015-6/30/2020, Total costs: $2,718,925
HOLMAN (PI), CRAMER (PI)
NSF – SILVER (Principal Investigator), HOLMAN (Co-Principal Investigator), GARFIN (Co-Principal Investigator)
RAPID: Uncertain risk and stressful future: A national study of the COVID-2019 outbreak in the U.S.
3/15/2020-2/28/2021,
Total costs: $200,000, Grant # SES-2026337
NSF – SILVER (Principal Investigator), HOLMAN (Co-Principal Investigator)
A national longitudinal study of community trauma exposure
1/1/2015-12/31/2020
Total costs: $486,612, Grant # BCS-1451812
NSF – SILVER (Principal Investigator), HOLMAN (Co-Principal Investigator), GARFIN (Co-Principal Investigator)
Responding to turbulent times: Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath in a probability-based US national sample
7/15/2021-6/30/2022,
Total costs: $363,998, Grant # SES-2049932
UC Irvine Office of Inclusive Excellence Advancing Equity in the Age of COVID-19 Research Opportunity –
HOLMAN (Principal Investigator) WILLIAMS (Co-Principal Investigator).
COVID-19 is not an equalizer: Examining pandemic-related health disparities in a nationally representative sample.
CRAFT-COVID Research Grant – HOLMAN (Principal Investigator), SILVER (Co-Principal Investigator)
Coping with cascading threats: A prospective study of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a nationally representative sample of Americans. UC Irvine COVID-19 Basic, Translational and Clinical Research Funding Opportunity, 6/1/2020-5/31/2021, Total costs: $60,000.
NSF -- Silver (PI), Holman (Co-PI), Garfin (Co-PI) 07/15/21 – 06/30/22
Responding to turbulent times: Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath in a probability-based US national sample
NSF RAPID -- Silver (PI), Holman (Co-PI), Garfin (Co-PI) 04/15/22-03/31/23 Amplifying threats during cascading crises: Media's role in shaping psychological responses to the war in Ukraine
Professional Societies
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Association for Psychological Science
American Psychological Association, Divisions of Health Psychology and Trauma Psychology
American Academy of Nursing, Fellow
American Psychosomatic Society
Academy for Behavioral Medicine Research
Other Experience
Family Nurse Practitioner
Community Care Health Clinics 2002—2007
Community Care Health Clinics 2002—2007
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08/23/2007
08/23/2007