Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Journal of Health Psychology
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (3)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ai, A. L.
Right arrow Articles by Bolling, S. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ai, A. L.
Right arrow Articles by Bolling, S. F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The Influence of Prayer Coping on Mental Health among Cardiac Surgery Patients

The Role of Optimism and Acute Distress

Amy L. Ai

University of Washington/University of Michigan, USA, moserr{at}mail.nih.gov

Christopher Peterson

University of Michigan, USA

Terrence N. Tice

University of Michigan, USA

Bu Huang

University of Washington, USA

Willard Rodgers

University of Michigan, USA

Steven F. Bolling

University of Michigan, USA

To address the inconsistent findings and based on Hegel's dialectic contradictive principle, this study tested a parallel mediation model that may underlie the association of using prayer for coping with cardiac surgery outcomes. Three sequential interviews were conducted with 310 patients who underwent open-heart surgery. A structural equation model demonstrated that optimism mediated the favorable effect of prayer coping. Prayer coping was also related to preoperative stress symptoms, which had a counterbalance effect on outcomes. Age was associated with better preoperative mental health, but age-related chronic conditions were associated with poor outcomes; both of these were mediated through the same mediators.

Key Words: acute stress disorder • anxiety • cardiovascular disease • depression • open-heart surgery • optimism • prayer coping • preoperative PTSD symptoms

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 4, 580-596 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307078164
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Health PsycholHome page
D. F. Marks
Editorial
J Health Psychol, January 1, 2009; 14(1): 5 - 8.
[Abstract] [PDF]