The influence of prayer coping on mental health among cardiac surgery patients: the role of optimism and acute distress.
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.
Ai
Amy L
AL
University of Washington, USA. moserr@mail.nih.gov
Peterson
Christopher
C
Tice
Terrence N
TN
Huang
Bu
B
Rodgers
Willard
W
Bolling
Steven F
SF
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D012067:Religion; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D014481:United States