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Senior Lecturer |
Dr. Bjarne Holmes (Director of the Family and Personal Relationships Lab) has a BSocSc from Lund University (Sweden) and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA). He runs a mirco-blog on twitter under the username "lovescientist" where his tweets are opinions for the broader public, students, & journalists based on relationship science. The tweets provide regular small bytes of advice that you can apply daily to your own romantic relationships!! Follow at http://twitter.com/lovescientist. Prior to joining Heriot-Watt University, he was Instructor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Together with Dr. Karlen Lyons-Ruth, he directed a US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded longitudinal research project focused on the links between mother-infant attachment (measured 20 years ago in a high-risk sample) and the psychosocial and mental health outcomes of the children as they develop into young adults. Since moving to Scotland in mid-2005, Dr Holmes has started several long-term research projects with the NHS, including founding B*A*I*R*N*S (Biosocial and Intervention Research Network Scotland), a collaboration between top international researchers and clinicians focused on identifying as early as possible mothers/infants at risk of bonding problems and validating effective early interventions. His primary theory generation and basic research deals with understanding the links between beliefs about relationships held by mothers and atypical maternal behaviours, between atypical behaviours and the stress-regulation of both mothers and their infants, and between stress-regulation in infancy and later mental health problems. Other people in his lab study topics such as the influences of romance-oriented media on young adults' cognitions, emotions, and attitudes; social comparison in romantic relationships; how the quality of the relationship between step-parents and step-children influences psychosocial adjustment in older adolescence; jealousy in polyamourous relationship structures; and the long-term consequences of a long-term possitive or negative marriage on health and cognitive decline in old age. Visit www.attachmentresearch.org to learn about getting involved as an undergraduate Research Assistant, completing an Honours Thesis, or about doing a Ph.D. or Post-Doctoral work in the Family and Personal Relationships Lab.
Total Citations to author’s work (Google Scholar, PsychInfo, & WoS, no duplicates) = 90 as of August 2009. Average 5-year Impact Factor of journals published in = 2.32. Author’s H-Factor = 4 (a measure of the impact of the scholar: signifies that the author has 4 articles that each have a minimum of 4 or more citations to them). Holmes, B.M., & Johnson, K.R. (2009) Adult attachment and romantic partner preference: A review. In Press with Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Johnson, K.R., & Holmes, B.M. (2009). Contradictory messages: A content analysis of Hollywood-produced romantic comedy feature films. Communication Quarterly, 57, 352-373. Dutra, L., Bureau, J-F, Holmes, B.M., Lyubchik, A., Lyons-Ruth, K. (2009). Quality of early care and childhood trauma: A prospective study of developmental pathways to dissociation. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197, 383-390. Walter, M., Bureau, J-F, Holmes, B.M., Bertha, E.A., Hollander, M., Wheelis, J., Brooks, N.H., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2008). Cortisol response to interpersonal stress in young adults with borderline personality disorder: A pilot study. European Psychiatry, 23, 201-204. Holmes, B.M. (2007). In search of my "one and only": Romance-oriented media and beliefs in romantic relationships destiny. Electronic Journal of Communication, 17 (3). Lyons-Ruth, K., Holmes, B.M., Sasvari-Szekely, M., Ronai, Z., Nemoda, Z., & Pauls, D. (2007). Serotonin transporter polymorphism associated with borderline and antisocial traits among low-income young adults. Psychiatric Genetics, 17, 339-343. Bäckström, M., & Holmes, B.M. (2007). Measuring attachment security directly: A suggested extension to the two-factor adult attachment construct. Individual Differences Research, 5, 124-149. Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2006). The Relationship Questionnaire – Clinical Version (RQ-CV): Introducing a Profoundly-Distrustful attachment style. Infant Mental Health Journal, 27, 210-225. Agrawal, H., Gunderson, J., Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2004). Attachment studies with borderline patients: A review. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 12, 94-104. Bäckström, M., & Holmes, B.M. (2001). Measuring adult attachment: A construct validation of two self-report instruments. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 42, 79-86. Holmes, B.M., & Johnson, K.R. (2009). Where fantasy meets reality: Media exposure, relationships beleifs and standards, and the moderating effect of a current relationship. In E.P. Lamont (Ed.), Social Psychology: New Research, Chapter 6 (pp. 117-134). Holmes, B.M., & Garcia, A. (Eds.) (2009). Special Issue: Relationship research in Scandinavia. Interpersona, 3 (1st Supplement). Hennighausen, K.H., Bureau, J-F., David, D.H., Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2009). Disorganized attachment behavior observed in adolescence: Validation in relation to adult attachment interview classifications at 25. In J. Solomon & C. George (Eds.), Attachment Disorganizartion (2nd Ed.). New York: The Guilford Press. Holmes, B.M., & Johnson, K.R. (2009). Advice; Self-help and media advice about relationships. In H.T. Reis and S. Sprechter (Eds), Encyclopaedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Holmes, B.M. (2006). Review of the book An invitation to social psychology: Expressing and censoring the self [by Dale T. Miller]. Journal of Community and Applied Psychology, 16, 244-245. Holmes, B.M. (2004). Romantic partner ideals and dysfunctional relationship beliefs cultivated through popular media messages: Implications for relationships satisfaction. Ann Arbor, MI: Proquest Information and Learning.
1) Holmes, B.M. (August, 1999). Coping strategies: Do attachment styles affect them? Poster presented at the 107th Annual Convention of American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, USA. 2) Pietromonaco, P.R., Feldman Barrett, L., & Holmes, B.M. (October, 1999). Distinguishing affective elements in moment-to-moment experience. Paper presented at the Society for Experimental Social Psychology Conference (SESP), St. Louis, MO, USA. 3) Holmes, B.M., & Bengtsson, H. (August, 2000). Appraising stressful events: The contributions of attachment style. Poster presented at the 108th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C., USA. 4) Holmes, B.M., Pietromonaco, P.R., & Feldman Barrett, L. (July, 2002). Behavior during a conflict between dating couples: Contributions of own and partner’s attachment orientation. Poster presented at the 11th International Conference on Personal Relationships (ICPR). Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 5) Holmes, B.M., Lyons-Ruth, K., Brooks, N.H., Jenei, J., & Zorkina, Y. (November, 2003). Dissociation and the infant-mother dialogue: A longitudinal perspective from attachment research. Poster presented at the 1st annual Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Radcliff Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 6) Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (May, 2004). The RQ-Clinical Version: Introducing a hostile-distrustful attachment orientation with validation. Poster presented at the 16th annual conference of the American Psychological Society (APS), Chicago, IL, USA. 7) Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (July, 2004). Introducing the RQ-Clinical Version: Assessment of a hostile-distrustful adult attachment orientation with validation in relation to parent/infant interaction in a high-risk sample. Poster presented at the 2nd conference of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), Madison, WI, USA. 8) Holmes, B.M. (July, 2004). Romantic partner ideals and dysfunctional relationship beliefs associated with popular media messages: Implications for relationship satisfaction. Talk given at the 2nd conference of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), Madison, WI, USA. 9) Lyons-Ruth, K., Holmes, B.M., & Heninghausen, K. (April, 2005). Prospective longitudinal predictors of borderline and conduct symptoms in late adolescence: The early caregiving context. Paper symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 10) Holmes, B.M., Lyons-Ruth, K, Manzoor, N.P., & Najmi, S. (April, 2005). Rigid-Distrustful Relational Attitude: A maternal self-report assessment associated with quality of infant care. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 11) Hill, J., Holmes, B.M., Hall Brooks, N., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (September, 2005). Is there social domain specific intergenerational transmission of interpersonal functioning? Paper presented at the Life History Symposium, Oregon, USA. 12) Nemoda, Z., Ronai, Z., Sasvari-Szekely, M., Pauls, D., Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (September, 2005). Serotonin transporter polymorphism associated with borderline and antisocial features. Meeting abstract published in, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B – Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 138B, 112-112. 13) Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (November, 2005). Maternal rigid-distrust relational attitude: A self-report assessment indicative of future mother/infant relational problems. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Scottish branch of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Perth, UK. 14) Dutra, L., Jenei, J., Long, N., Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (November, 2005). Childhood traumatic experiences scale: Using the AAI to assess trauma. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Toronto, Canada. 15) Holmes, B.M. (March, 2006). Adolescents self-esteem and consumption of romance-oriented popular media: Implications for romantic relationship satisfaction.Talk given in B.M. Holmes (Chair), Romantic relationship quality in adolescence: Contributing factors and outcomes. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Francisco, California, USA. 16) Holmes, B.M., Hill, J., Hall Brooks, N., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (March, 2006). Mother/Infant interactions as prospective predictors of the quality of friendships vs. romantic relationships at age 20. Talk given in K. Lyons-Ruth & K.H. Hennighausen (Chairs), Observed adolescent attachment relationships under stress: Infancy predictors, physiologic correlates, and adult outcomes. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Francisco, California, USA. 17) Hennighausen, K.H., Lyons-Ruth, K., Holmes, B.M., Dutra, L., & Hauser, S.T. (March, 2006). Disorganized behavior in adolescence: A longitudinal validation of an interactional measure of adolescent attachment patterns. Paper presented in K. Lyons-Ruth & K.H. Hennighausen (Chairs), Observed adolescent attachment relationships under stress: Infancy predictors, physiologic correlates, and adult outcomes. Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Francisco, California, USA. 18) Holmes, B.M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (July, 2006). Identifying mother/infants at risk of severe attachment problems: Developing a cost-and-time effective measure for practitioners. Talk given in B.M. Holmes (Chair), Development of Attachment Relationships. Biennial meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research (IAAR), Rethymnon, Crete, Greece. 19) Holmes, B.M., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Hill, J. (November, 2006). Mother/Infant interactions predict the quality of friendships and romantic relationships of the child at age 20. Talk given at the annual meeting of the Scottish branch of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Perth, UK. 20) Johnson, K.R., & Holmes, B.M. (October, 2007). Contradictory messages: A content analysis of Hollywood-produced romantic feature films. Paper presented at the New Researchers in Family and Relationships Conference. University of Edinburgh, UK. 21) Bureau, J-F., Hennighausen, K., Holmes, B.M., Dutra, L., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (March, 2008). Borderline personality features, adolescent suicidality, & disorganized adolescent parent interaction during a conflict task. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Chicago, IL, USA. 22) Holmes, B.M., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Hill, J. (July, 2008). Quality of Friendships and Well-Being: Links across Three Generations. Presented in K. Fiori & E-M Mertz, Cross-Sectional, Dyadic, and Longitudinal Perspectives on Social Relations across the Adult Lifespan: Implications for Adaptive Outcomes. Symposium at the Biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Würzburg, Germany. 23) Holmes, B.M., Gunning, M., Murray, L., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (November, 2008).Emotional Intelligence is Related to the Success of Mother/Infant Bonding. Paper presented to the annual conference of the British Psychological Society – Scottish Branch, Glasgow, Scotland. 24) Holmes, B.M., Gunning, M., Murray, L., Kelly, K., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (April, 2009). Emotional intelligence is related to mother-infant bonding problems. Paper presented in B.M. Holmes & F.C. Jellesma (Chairs), Emotional Intelligence and the Parent-Child Relationship. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Denver, Colorado, USA. 25) Lyons-Ruth, K., Bureau, J-F., Holmes, B.M., Sasvari-Szekely, M., Ronai, Z., & Nemoda, Z. (April, 2009). Gene-environment interaction in the serotonin system and adolescent impulsive, self-damaging behavior. Paper presented in K. Lyons-Ruth & Bureau, J-F. (Chairs), Gene Expression and the Early Caregiving Environment: A new Interdisciplinary Frontier. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Denver, Colorado, USA. 26) Lyons-Ruth, K., Bureau, J-F., Henninghausen, K., Holmes, B.M., Easterbrooks, A. (April, 2009). Parental helplessness and adolescent role-reversal as correlates of borderline features and self-injury. Paper presented in J-F Bureau & K. Lyons-Ruth (Chairs), Relational Predictors of Self-Damaging Behavior in Adolescence: Multiwave Longitudinal Analyses. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Invited Presentations
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1) Invited Talk (January, 2006) to Psychiatry Intervention Group, Dunfermline, UK Identifying early mothers/infants at risk for developing later attachment problems.
2) Invited Visiting Lecture (July, 2006) to Department of Psychology Master's programme Summer School. Nankai University, Tiajin, China. Attachment: A phenomenological approach to a species adaptive system.
3) Invited Talk (October, 2006) to School of Life Sciences Colloquium series, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Mental health and well-being in young adulthood: Longitudinal predictors from the quality of the mother/infant relationship.
4) Invited Talk (May, 2007) to Department of Psychiatry Colloquim Series. Lynebank Hospital, Fife, UK. Mental health and well-being in young adulthood: Longitudinal predictors from the quality of the mother/infant relationship and current studies in Fife and Lanarkshire.
5) Invited Visiting Lecture (2007) to Masters in Relationship Science (M.Sc.) programme, Brunel University, London. Invitation by Dr Stanley Gains.
6) Invited Visiting Lecture (September, 2007) to Masters in Science programme, University of Edinburgh, UK.
7) Invited Talk (November, 2007) to Social Psychology Research Colloquium series, Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Barbara. Media messages, relationship beliefs, and the search for romantic perfection.
8) Invited Talk (September, 2008) to the Human Interaction Research Group, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Determining attachment in adulthood from observing dyadic interaction.
9) Invited Talk (November, 2008) to International Seminar Meeting on the Parental Bonding Questionnaire, Heidelberg, Germany. Links between emotional intelligence, maternal adult attachment styles, and the parental bonding questionnaire.
10) Invited Talk (December, 2008) to Infant Mental Health: Implication & Interventions (conference sponsored by the British Psychological Society - Division of Clinical Psychology). Can we use maternal personality traits to identify risk for bonding problems with infants? Evidence from a Scottish Study.
11) Invited Speaker (May, 2009) to Understandings and Misunderstandings seminar series.
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Editorial/Reviewer Service
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2008- Editorial Board, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
2008- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology.
2008- Invited Reviewer, Society for Research on Child Development, Panel on At-Risk Populations
2007- Associate Editor, Interpersona (International Journal of Personal Relationships)
2007- Editorial Board, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research.
2005 Invited Reviewer, 3rd Meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research (IAAR).
2002- Ad hoc Reviewer; Personal Relationships.
2002- Ad hoc Reviewer; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
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Media Coverage/Appearances
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1) Article in the 2) Over 25 known media citations across the UK regarding research – cover headline for The Scotsman, articles in the Times, the Sun, the Daily Record, the Daily Mail; Interview on Good Morning Scotland – BBC Radio Scotland; Report and appearance on TV Scotland Evening News, Scotland Today, and interview with BBC News TV - all during September 28-30, 2006. 3) Six minute one-on-one interview on BBC Radio 4) Eight minute round table discussion on BBC Scotland’s “Newsweek” programme regarding insights from Social Psychology on US Presidential election, November 8, 2008. 5) Over 500 articles and 3,000 blogs entries published in most major languages on research about romantic comedies and relationship health based on my research. Included articles in TIME magazine, The Los Angeles Times (two articles), The Washington Post, BBC News, Fox News, The Daily Record, Daily Mail, Guardian, Women’s Health Magazine, etc. Television coverage on BBC morning show in 6) Ten minute round table discussion on BBC Scotland’s “Good Morning Scotland” programme regarding the upcoming presidency of Barack Obama, January 2, 2009. 7) Ten minute appearance on Social Psychology of internet social networking. Fred Macaulay show, BBC Scotland Radio, February 19, 2009.
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Honours Thesis Supervision
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Kimberly Johnson, 2006-2007 (First Class Degree–Winner of Watt Club Medal)
Koko de Vries, 2006-2007
Ellen Martin, 2006-2007
Jennifer Beattie, 2007-2008
Rachel Clark, 2007-2008 (First Class Degree–Winner of BPS award)
Sarah Keer, 2007-2008
Lyndsey Cassie, 2008-2009 (First Class Degree–Winner of BPS award)
Heather Locke, 2008-2009
Sophie Plows, 2008-2009
Lianne Nolan, 2008-2009
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Ph.D. Students
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Kimberly Johnson, 2007-2010
Penelope Rackett, 2009-2014
Yara Paoli, 2007-2010
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Professional Memberships
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British Psychological Society (BPS) (Associate Fellow; Chartered Psychologist)
Science Council, UK (Chartered Scientist)
Higher Education Academy UK (HEA) (Fellow)
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD)
International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)
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Contact Information
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Applied Psychology
John Muir Building
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
United Kingdom
B.M.Holmes@
Phone:
Fax: +44 (0)131 451 3735
www.attachmentresearch.org Follow micro-blog at http://twitter.com/lovescientist
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