Sarah Holley, PhD
Psychologist II
Ob/Gyn
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

I have additionally investigated the links between emotion-related processes and both intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes. I am currently working to better understand the stressors associated with fertility treatment for same-sex couples, with implications for ways to optimize service delivery for LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples. My career in psychology has been rooted in understanding and elucidating the important connections between intimate relationship processes, emotional functioning, and mental and physical health.

• Sexual violence victimization and suicide: Testing a coping-mental health framework.
  Aggressive behavior 2021 Kaniuka AR, Desmarais SL, Cramer RJ, Stoner JE, Veri S, Wright S, Gemberling TM, Nobles MR, Holley SR
• Enhanced visceromotor emotional reactivity in dyslexia and its relation to salience network connectivity.
  Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 2020 Sturm VE, Roy ARK, Datta S, Wang C, Sible IJ, Holley SR, Watson C, Palser ER, Morris NA, Battistella G, Rah E, Meyer M, Pakvasa M, Mandelli ML, Deleon J, Hoeft F, Caverzasi E, Miller ZA, Shapiro KA, …
• Big smile, small self: Awe walks promote prosocial positive emotions in older adults.
  Emotion (Washington, D.C.) 2020 Sturm VE, Datta S, Roy ARK, Sible IJ, Kosik EL, Veziris CR, Chow TE, Morris NA, Neuhaus J, Kramer JH, Miller BL, Holley SR, Keltner D
• The interactive effect of family conflict history and physiological reactivity on different forms of aggression in young women.
  Biological psychology 2020 Hagan MJ, Waters SF, Holley S, Moctezuma L, Gentry M
• Lifetime Suicide-Related Behavior, Violent Victimization, and Behavioral Health Outcomes: Results From a Vulnerable Population Needs Assessment.
  Journal of interpersonal violence 2018 Cramer RJ, Johnson KL, Nobles MR, Holley SR, Desmarais SL, Gemberling TM, Wright S, Wilsey CN, Van Dorn RA
• Prevalence rates, reporting, and psychosocial correlates of stalking victimization: results from a three-sample cross-sectional study.
  Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2018 Nobles MR, Cramer RJ, Zottola SA, Desmarais SL, Gemberling TM, Holley SR, Wright S
• What is a person with depression who wants to have a baby to do?
  Fertility and sterility 2018 Holley SR
• The intersection of interpersonal and self-directed violence among general adult, college student and sexually diverse samples.
  The International journal of social psychiatry 2016 Cramer RJ, Desmarais SL, Johnson KL, Gemberling TM, Nobles MR, Holley SR, Wright S, Van Dorn R
• Perspectives on contemporary lesbian relationships.
  Journal of lesbian studies 2016 Holley SR
• Interpersonal emotional behaviors and physical health: A 20-year longitudinal study of long-term married couples.
  Emotion (Washington, D.C.) 2016 Haase CM, Holley SR, Bloch L, Verstaen A, Levenson RW
• Addressing the needs of fertility treatment patients and their partners: are they informed of and do they receive mental health services?
  Fertility and sterility 2016 Pasch LA, Holley SR, Bleil ME, Shehab D, Katz PP, Adler NE
• The Relationship Between Emotion Regulation, Executive Functioning, and Aggressive Behaviors.
  Journal of interpersonal violence 2015 Holley SR, Ewing ST, Stiver JT, Bloch L
• Prevalence and predictors of major depressive disorder for fertility treatment patients and their partners.
  Fertility and sterility 2015 Holley SR, Pasch LA, Bleil ME, Gregorich S, Katz PK, Adler NE
• Age-Related Changes in Demand-Withdraw Communication Behaviors.
  Journal of marriage and the family 2013 Holley SR, Haase CM, Levenson RW
• The relationship between level of training and accuracy of violence risk assessment.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2012 Teo AR, Holley SR, Leary M, McNiel DE
• Mental health in violent crime victims: Does sexual orientation matter?
  Law and human behavior 2012 Cramer RJ, McNiel DE, Holley SR, Shumway M, Boccellari A
• Physiological down-regulation and positive emotion in marital interaction.
  Emotion (Washington, D.C.) 2010 Yuan JW, McCarthy M, Holley SR, Levenson RW
• Mutual gaze in Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal and semantic dementia couples.
  Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 2010 Sturm VE, McCarthy ME, Yun I, Madan A, Yuan JW, Holley SR, Ascher EA, Boxer AL, Miller BL, Levenson RW
• Exploring the basis for gender differences in the demand-withdraw pattern.
  Journal of homosexuality 2010 Holley SR, Sturm VE, Levenson RW
• Relationship satisfaction and emotional language in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease patients and spousal caregivers.
  Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2010 Ascher EA, Sturm VE, Seider BH, Holley SR, Miller BL, Levenson RW