@article{ref1,
title="The Influence of Prayer Coping on Mental Health among Cardiac Surgery Patients",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2007",
author="Rodgers, Willard and Ai, Amy L. and Huang, Bu and Tice, Terrence N. and Peterson, Christopher and Bolling, Steven F.",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="580-596",
abstract="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.<p />",
language="",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105307078164",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105307078164"
}