Publications
Below are links to publications and works by Julianne Holt-Lunstad. In 2023, Julianne served as lead science editor on the US Surgeon General's Advisory which you can read here.
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- Proctor, A. S., Barth, A., & Holt‐Lunstad, J. (2023). A healthy lifestyle is a social lifestyle: The vital link between social connection and health outcomes. Lifestyle Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/lim2.91
- Lim, M. H., Qualter, P., Ding, D., Holt‐Lunstad, J., Mikton, C., & Smith, B. J. (2023). Advancing loneliness and social isolation as global health challenges: taking three priority actions. Public Health Research & Practice, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3332320
- Welch, V., Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu, Dowling, S., Wan Yuen Choo, Yunus, R. M., Mohd, T., Niobe Haitas, Sivan Bomze, Dahrouge, S., Garcia, E., Holt‐Lunstad, J., Mathias Lasgaard, Lim, M. H., Mulligan, K., Salzwedel, D. M., Qualter, P., Hébert, P. C., & Mikton, C. (2023). PROTOCOL: In‐person interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness: An evidence and gap map. 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1340
- Smith, M. L., Racoosin, J., Wilkerson, R., Ivey, R. M., Hawkley, L., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Cudjoe, T. K. M. (2023). Societal- and community-level strategies to improve social connectedness among older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1176895
- Xu, X., Mishra, G. D., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Jones, M. (2023, January). Social relationship satisfaction and accumulation of chronic conditions and multimorbidity: a national cohort of Australian women. General Psychiatry, 36(1), e100925. https://doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2022-100925
- Holt-Lunstad, J., & Perissinotto, C. (2023, January 19). Social Isolation and Loneliness as Medical Issues. New England Journal of Medicine, 388(3), 193–195. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmp2208029
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2023). National Health Guidelines for Social Connection: What Is the Evidence in Support and What Might the Guidelines Say?. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(1), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/237273222211502
- Smith, R. W., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Kawachi, I. (2023). Benchmarking Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Smoking: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Health. American journal of epidemiology, 192(8), 1238–1242. https://doi-org.byu.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/aje/kwad121
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- Lim, M. H., Qualter, P., Thurston, L., Eres, R., Hennessey, A., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Lambert, G. W. (2022). A Global Longitudinal Study Examining Social Restrictions Severity on Loneliness, Social Anxiety, and Depression. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 818030. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.818030
- Holt-Lunstad. (2022, January). Positive Social Connection: A Key Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine. The Journal of Family Practice, 71((1 Suppl Lifestyle)). https://doi.org/10.12788/jfp.0245
- Holt-Lunstad, J., & Steptoe, A. (2022, February). Social isolation: An underappreciated determinant of physical health. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 232–237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.07.012
- Holt-Lunstad, J., Perissinotto, CM. (2022). Isolation in the Time of Covid: What is the True Cost, and How Will we Know? American Journal of Health Promotion, 36(2), 380-382. doi:10.1177/08901171211064223
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2022, April 5). Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a Systemic Framework for Prioritizing the “Social” in Social Determinants of Health. Annual Review of Public Health, 43(1), 193–213. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-052020-110732
- Santoro, N. F., Coons, H. L., El Khoudary, S. R., Epperson, C. N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Joffe, H., Lindsey, S. H., Marlatt, K. L., Montella, P., Richard-Davis, G., Rockette-Wagner, B., Salive, M. E., Stuenkel, C., Thurston, R. C., Woods, N., & Wyatt, H. (2022, May). NAMS 2021 Utian Translational Science SymposiumSeptember 2021, Washington, DCCharting the path to health in midlife and beyond: the biology and practice of wellness. Menopause, 29(5), 504–513. https://doi.org/10.1097/gme.0000000000001995
- Holt-Lunstad, J., & Lefler, M. (2021). Social Integration. Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging, 4577–4586. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22009-9_646
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- Lim, M. H., Qualter, P., Hennessey, A., Smith, B. J., Argent, T., & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2021, August 5). A randomised controlled trial of the Nextdoor Kind Challenge: a study protocol. BMC Public Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11489-y
- Holt-Lunstad, J., & Steptoe, A. (2022, February). Social isolation: An underappreciated determinant of physical health. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 232–237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.07.012
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2021, June). The Major Health Implications of Social Connection. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30(3), 251–259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721421999630
- Smith, T. B., Workman, C., Andrews, C., Barton, B., Cook, M., Layton, R., Morrey, A., Petersen, D., & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2021, May 18). Effects of psychosocial support interventions on survival in inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings: A meta-analysis of 106 randomized controlled trials. PLOS Medicine, 18(5), e1003595. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003595
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2021, May 6). Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors: The Power of Social Connection in Prevention. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 15(5), 567–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/15598276211009454
- Holt-Lunstad J. (2021). A pandemic of social isolation?. World psychiatry: official journal of the World Psychiatric Association, 20(1), 55–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20839
- O’Sullivan, R., Burns, A., Leavey, G., Leroi, I., Burholt, V., Lubben, J., Holt-Lunstad, J., Victor, C., Lawlor, B., Vilar-Compte, M., Perissinotto, C. M., Tully, M. A., Sullivan, M. P., Rosato, M., Power, J. M., Tiilikainen, E., & Prohaska, T. R. (2021, September 23). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Multi-Country Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 9982. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18199982.
- Lutz, J., Van Orden, K. A., Bruce, M. L., & Conwell, Y. (2021, August). Social Disconnection in Late Life Suicide: An NIMH Workshop on State of the Research in Identifying Mechanisms, Treatment Targets, and Interventions. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(8), 731–744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.01.137
- Kotwal, A. A., Holt‐Lunstad, J., Newmark, R. L., Cenzer, I., Smith, A. K., Covinsky, K. E., Escueta, D. P., Lee, J. M., & Perissinotto, C. M. (2020, October 9). Social Isolation and Loneliness Among San Francisco Bay Area Older Adults During the COVID ‐19 Shelter‐in‐Place Orders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(1), 20–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16865
- Holt Lunstad, J. (2021). Isolation and Loneliness: Implications for Health and Well-Being of Older Populations. Innovation in Aging, 5, 169.
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2021, in press). Social Connection and Important Health Implications. Current Directions in Psychological Science.
- Holt-Lunstad, J. Layton, R., Barton, B. & Smith, T.B. (2021). Science into Practice: Informing Effective Solutions for Social Isolation and Loneliness. Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging.
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- Holt-Lunstad, J., Layton, R., Barton, B., & Smith, TB. (2020). Science into Practice: Effective Solutions for Social Isolation and Loneliness. Generations Journal, 44(3), 1-10.
- Kotwal, A. Holt-Lunstad, J. Perissinotto, C. (2020). Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2020). “Social Isolation And Health, " Health Affairs Health Policy Brief, June 22, 2020.DOI: 10.1377/hpb20200622.253235
- Lim, M. H., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Badcock, J. C. (2020, June 11). Loneliness: contemporary insights into causes, correlates, and consequences. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55(7), 789–791. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-020-01891-z
- Holt-Lunstad, J. (2020). The double pandemic of social isolation and COVID-19: Cross-sector policy must address both. Health Affairs Blog, 22
- Mihalopoulos, C., Le, L. K.-D., Chatterton, M. L., Bucholc, J., Holt-Lunstad, J., Lim, M. H., & Engel, L. (2020). "The economic costs of loneliness: A review of cost-of-illness and economic evaluation studies": Correction. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: The International Journal for Research in Social and Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health Services, 55(7), 837. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01752-4
- Troxel, W., & Fulton, J. H. L. (2020). Marriage and Health. Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, 1335–1338. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39903-0_815
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Braithwaite, S. & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2016). Romantic Relationships and Mental Health. Current Opinion in Psychology.
Troxel, W., Braithwaite, S., Sandberg, J. & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2016). Does Improving Marital Quality Improve Sleep? Results from a Marital Therapy Trial. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. DOI:10.1080/15402002.2015.1133420
Holt-Lunstad, J. & Smith, T.B. (2016). Loneliness and Social Isolation: Risk factors for CHD and Stroke. Heart: British Medical Journal. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309242
*Novak, J. R., Sandberg, J. G., Stucki, B., Young, S. Brown, A. P. *Schade, L. C. & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2016). A Contextual Analysis of High and Low Fidelity Sessions in Emotion Focused Couples Therapy. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy.15, 36-60. DOI: 10.1080/15332691.2014.962209
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Holt-Lunstad, J., *Birmingham, W., & Light, K. (2015). Relationship Support or Distress and Oxytocin: The Influence of Relatively Stable and Modifiable Aspects of Social Relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1-19, DOI: 10.1177/0265407514536294
Sandberg, J. G., Brown, A. P., *Schade, L. C., *Novak, J. R., Denton, W. H., & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2015).Measuring fidelity in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT): A pilot test of the EFT Therapist Fidelity Scale. American Journal Of Family Therapy, 43(3), 251-268. doi:10.1080/01926187.2015.1034637
Holt-Lunstad, J, Smith, T.B., *Baker, M., *Harris, T., & *Stephenson, D. (2015). Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10 (2), 227-237. doi: 10.1177/1745691614568352
*Hahn-Holbrook, J., Holbrook, C. & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2015). Self-reported Spirituality Correlates with Endogenous Oxytocin. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 7 (1) 46-50. doi:10.1037/a0038255
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Holt-Lunstad, J., & *Clark, B.D. (2014). Social stressors and cardiovascular response: Influence of ambivalent relationships and behavioral ambivalence. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 93(3), 381-389. doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.05.014
*Logan, D.M., Hill, K.R., Jones, R., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Larson, M.J. (2014). How do memory and attention change with pregnancy and childbirth? A controlled longitudinal examination of neuropsychological functioning in pregnant and postpartum women. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 36, 528-539.
*Schade, L.C., Sandberg, J.G., Bradford, A., Harper, J.M., Holt-Lunstad, J., Miller, R. B. (2014). A Longitudinal View of the Association Between Therapist Warmth and Couples' In-Session Process: An Observational Pilot Study of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (JMFT). DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12076
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Jenson, B, Steffen, P., & Holt-Lunstad, J (2013). Ethnic Differences in Relationship Orientation, Marital Quality and Ambulatory Blood Pressure. Ethnicity and Disease, 23, 175-181.
Holt-Lunstad J. (2013). Social Integration, Social Networks and Health, Stress. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2nd Edition). Elsevier
Holt-Lunstad, J. & Uchino, B.N. (2013). Social Support and Health. In Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice (5th Edition). Jossey-Bass Publishers, a Company of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Holt-Lunstad, J. (2012). Social Support and Longevity: A Review. Social and Personality COMPASS, 6, 41-53, DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00406.x
Troxel, W. & Holt-Lunstad J. (2012). Marriage and Health. Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine
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Holt-Lunstad, J., *Birmingham, W., & Light, K. (2011). The influence of Depression, stress, and a support enhancement intervention on ambulatory blood pressure, oxytocin, alpha amylase and cortisol. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36, 1249-1256. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.03.007
*Hahn-Holbrook, J., Holt-Lunstad, J., Holbrook, C., Coyne, S.M., & Lawson, E.T. (2011). Maternal Defense: Breastfeeding, diminished stress and heightened Aggression. Psychological Science. 22(10) 1288-1295. DOI: 10.1177/0956797611420729
Holt-Lunstad, J., Steffen, P., Sandberg, J., *Jensen, B. (2011). Understanding the connection between Spiritual Well-Being and Physical Health: An examination of Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Inflammation, and Cholesterol. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34 477-488. Special Issue: "Spirituality in Behavioral Medicine Research". DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9343-7
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Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T.B., *Layton, B. (2010). Social Relationships and Mortality: A meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine 7(7): e1000316. doi:10.1371. The PLoS Medicine Editors (2010) Social Relationships Are Key to Health, and to Health Policy. PLoS Med 7(8): e1000334. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000334
Holt-Lunstad, J., *Birmingham, W., *Howard, A. & Thoman, D. (2010). Married with children: The influence of parental status and gender on ambulatory blood pressure. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 38(3)170-179.
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*Bushman, B.B. & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2009). Understanding social relationship maintenance among friends: Why we don't end those frustrating friendships. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 749-778.
Campo. R., Uchino, B.N., Vaughn, A., Reblin, M., Smith, T.W.,& Holt-Lunstad, J. (2009). The Assessment of Positivity and Negativity in Social Support Networks: Reliability and Validity of the Social Relationships Index. Journal of Community Psychology, 37, 471-486.
Holt-Lunstad, J. *Birmingham, W., *Jones, B. (2009). The influence of close relationships on nocturnal blood pressure dipping. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 71, 211-217.
Holt-Lunstad, J. (2009). Social Relationships and Physical Health: Are we better or worse off because of our relationships? In (Eds. Emma Cuyler and Michael Ackhart), Psychology of Relationships. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Uchino, B.N., Ruiz, J.M., & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2009). Stress. In D. Sanders & K.R. Scherer (Eds.), Oxford Companion to Affective Sciences. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Holt-Lunstad, J., *Birmingham, W.A., & Light, K.L. (2008). The influence of a "warm touch" support enhancement intervention among married couples on ambulatory blood pressure, oxytocin, alpha amylase and cortisol. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 976-85.
Holt-Lunstad, J., Smith, T.W. & Uchino, B.N., (2008). Can hostility interfere with the health benefits of social support? The impact of cynical hostility on cardiovascular reactivity during social support interactions among friends. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 319-330.
Holt-Lunstad, J., *Birmingham, W., & *Jones, B.Q. (2008). Is there something unique about marriage? The relative impact of marital status, relationship quality, and network support on ambulatory blood pressure and mental health. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 239-244.
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Holt-Lunstad, J., Uchino, B. N., Smith, T. W. & Hicks, A. (2007). On the importance of relationship quality: The impact of ambivalence in friendships on cardiovascular functioning. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 33, 1-12.
Holt-Lunstad, J., & Steffen, P. (2007). Diurnal variation in salivary cortisol is associated with ambulatory blood pressure dipping. Psychosomatic Medicine 69, 339-43.
Smith, J.L., *Kausar, R., & Holt-Lunstad, J. (2007). Stigma consciousness in the class room: A comparison of Pakistani women's motivation and well-being in non-science fields of study. Sex Roles, 57, 3-13.
Uchino, B. N., Smith, T.W., Holt-Lunstad, J., Campo, R., & Reblin, M. (2007). Stress and Illness. Eds. R.J. Davidson, G.G. Berntson, E. Sternberg, J. T. Caccioppo, L. G. Tassinary, & H. Nusbaum. Handbook of Psychophysiology 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press.
Uchino, B.N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Uno, D., Campo, R., & Reblin, M. (2007). The social neuroscience of relationships: An examination of health relevant pathways. In E. Harmon-Jones & P. Winkielman (Eds.), Fundamentals of Social Neuroscience. New York: Guilford.
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Uchino, B. N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Bloor, L. & Campo, R. (2005). Aging and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress: Longitudinal Evidence for Changes in Stress Reactivity. Psychology and Aging, 20, 134-143.
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Uchino, B. N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Bloor, L. & Campo, R. (2005). Aging and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress: Longitudinal Evidence for Changes in Stress Reactivity. Psychology and Aging, 20, 134-143.Uchino, B. N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Bloor, L. & Campo, R. (2005). Aging and Cardiovascular Reactivity to Stress: Longitudinal Evidence for Changes in Stress Reactivity. Psychology and Aging, 20, 134-143.
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Holt-Lunstad, J., Uchino, B. N., Smith, T. W., Cerny, C.B., & Nealey-Moore, J. B. (2003). Social relationships and ambulatory blood pressure: Structural and qualitative predictors of cardiovascular function during everyday social interactions. Health Psychology, 22, 388-397.
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Holt-Lunstad, J., Clayton, C. J., & Uchino, B.N. (2001). Gender differences in cardiovascular reactivity to competitive stress. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 8, 91-102.
Uchino, B. N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Uno, D., & Flinders, J. B. (2001). Heterogeneity in the social networks of young and older adults: Prediction of mental health and cardiovascular reactivity during acute stress. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24, 361-382.
Uchino, B. N., Berntson, G., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2001). Stress induced autonomic and immunologic reactivity. Eds R. Ader, D. L. Elton, and N. Cohen. Psychoneuroimmunology. New York Academic Press.
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Uchino, B.N., Holt-Lunstad, J., Uno, D., Betancourt, R., & Garvey, T. (1999). Social support and age-related differences in cardiovascular function: An examination of potential mediators. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21, 135-142.
Uchino, B. N., Uno, D., & Holt-Lunstad, J. (1999). Social Support, Physiological Processes, and Health. Current Directions in Psychological Sciences, 8, 145-148.
Uchino, B. N., Uno, D., Holt-Lunstad, J., & Flinders, J. B. (1999). Age-related differences in cardiovascular reactivity during acute psychological stress in men and women. Journal of Gerontology, 54, 339-346.