Godard, R., Draper, Z., Holtzman, S., & O’Connor, B. (2026). (De)construction on the road ahead: Item response theory and psychometric analysis of self-report measures of active and passive social media use. Current Psychology, 45, 498. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09064-y

            

Holtzman, S., Lisi, D., Godard, R., & DeLongis, A. (2025). Support at our fingertips: An experimental comparison of in-person, video, voice and text-based support. Psychological Reports, 332941251409165. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251409165

 

Godard, R. & Holtzman, S. (2024). Facebook groups for multiracial people: A latent profile analysis reveals unique user subtypes and links with depressive symptoms. Affective Science [Special Issue: Affective Science on Affect and Social Media], 5, 468–476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-024-00268-8

 

Godard, R. & Holtzman, S. (2024). Are active and passive social media use related to mental health, wellbeing, and social support outcomes? A meta-analysis of 141 studies. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 29, 1-14.https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmad055

 

Godard, R. & Holtzman, S. (2024). Finding similar others online: Social support in online communities of people with a stigmatized identity. Current Psychology, 43, 5765–5778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04764-1

 

Kaseweter, K., Nazemi, M., Gregoire, N., Louw, W. F., Walsh, Z., & Holtzman, S. (2023). Physician perspectives on chronic pain management: barriers and the use of eHealth in the COVID-19 era. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 1131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10157-8

 

Turcotte, K., & Holtzman, S. (2024). Does a diagnosis of depression influence observer ratings of pain severity? The mediating role of causal attributions of pain and pain genuineness. British Journal of Pain, 18(2), 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637231206541

 

Coady, A., Godard, R., & Holtzman, S. (2024). Understanding the link between pain invalidation and depressive symptoms: The role of shame and social support in people with chronic pain. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(1), 52–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231191919

            

Godard, R., & Holtzman, S. (2022). The Multidimensional Lexicon of Emojis: A new tool to assess the emotional content of emojis. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 921388. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.921388

 

Coady, A., Lainchbury, K., Godard, R., & Holtzman, S. (2022). What Twitter can tell us about user experiences of crisis text lines: A qualitative study. Internet Interventions, 28, 100526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100526

 

MacPherson, M., Bakker, A. M., Anderson, K., & Holtzman, S. (2022). Do pain management apps use evidence-based psychological components? A systematic review of app content and quality. Canadian Journal of Pain, 6(1), 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2022.2030212

            

Holtzman, S., Wozny, A., Kushlev, K., & Godard, R. (2021). Long-distance texting: Text messaging is linked with higher relationship satisfaction in long-distance relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships [Special Issue: Communication Technologies and Relationships], 38(12), 3543-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211043296

 

Holtzman, S., DeClerck, D., Turcotte, K., Lisi, D., & Woodworth, M. (2017). Emotional support during times of stress: Can text messaging compete with in-person interactions? Computers in Human Behavior, 71, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.043

 

Barata, P. C., Holtzman, S., Cunningham, S., O'Connor, B. P., & Stewart, D. E. (2016). Building a definition of irritability from academic definitions and lay descriptions. Emotion Review: Journal of the International Society for Research on Emotion, 8(2), 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073915576228

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Measures

 

Holtzman, S., O'Connor, B. P., Barata, P., & Stewart, D. E. (2015). The Brief Irritability Test (BITe): A measure of irritability for use among men and women. Assessment, 22(1), 101–115. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191114533814

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