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

Amy Lee Ai · Christopher Peterson · Terrence N. Tice · Bu Huang · Willard L. Rodgers · Steven F. Bolling

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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.

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