TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The Influence of Prayer Coping on Mental Health among Cardiac Surgery Patients
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Rodgers, Willard
A1  - Ai, Amy L.
A1  - Huang, Bu
A1  - Tice, Terrence N.
A1  - Peterson, Christopher
A1  - Bolling, Steven F.
SP  - 580
EP  - 596
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105307078164
ID  - ref1
ER  -