Amy Lee Ai

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Posttraumatic growth in patients who survived cardiac surgery: the predictive and mediating roles of faith-based factors
    Amy L Ai
    Florida State University, FL 2313, University Center Building C, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
    J Behav Med 36:186-98. 2013
  2. ncbi Overall health and health care utilization among Latino American men in the United States
    Amy L Ai
    Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida, FL 32306, USA
    Am J Mens Health 7:6-17. 2013
  3. ncbi Correlates of hepatitis B virus and HIV knowledge among gay and bisexual homeless young adults in Hollywood
    Adeline Nyamathi
    Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida, FL 32306, USA
    Am J Mens Health 7:18-26. 2013
  4. ncbi Fatigue of survivors following cardiac surgery: positive influences of preoperative prayer coping
    Amy L Ai
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Br J Health Psychol 17:724-42. 2012
  5. ncbi Overall health and healthcare utilization among Latino American women in the United States
    Amy L Ai
    College of Social Work and Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:878-85. 2012
  6. ncbi Secular reverence predicts shorter hospital length of stay among middle-aged and older patients following open-heart surgery
    Amy L Ai
    School of Social Work and Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    J Behav Med 34:532-41. 2011
  7. ncbi Long-term Adjustment After Surviving Open Heart Surgery: The Effect of Using Prayer for Coping Replicated in a Prospective Design
    A L Ai
    University of Pittsburgh, 2028 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Gerontologist 50:798-809. 2010
  8. ncbi Depression following open-heart surgery: a path model involving interleukin-6, spiritual struggle, and hope under preoperative distress
    Amy L Ai
    University of Pittsburg, USA
    J Clin Psychol 66:1057-75. 2010
  9. ncbi Comorbid mental health symptoms and heart diseases: can health care and mental health care professionals collaboratively improve the assessment and management?
    Amy L Ai
    School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Health Soc Work 35:27-38. 2010
  10. ncbi Pathways to postoperative hostility in cardiac patients: mediation of coping, spiritual struggle and interleukin-6
    Amy Lee Ai
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15260 PA, USA
    J Health Psychol 15:186-95. 2010

Collaborators

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Posttraumatic growth in patients who survived cardiac surgery: the predictive and mediating roles of faith-based factors
    Amy L Ai
    Florida State University, FL 2313, University Center Building C, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
    J Behav Med 36:186-98. 2013
    ..The elimination of demographic effects may help explain previously mixed findings concerning the association between these factors and personal growth...
  2. ncbi Overall health and health care utilization among Latino American men in the United States
    Amy L Ai
    Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida, FL 32306, USA
    Am J Mens Health 7:6-17. 2013
    ..For health providers, the authors' findings encourage awareness of subgroup differences regarding overall health issues of Latino American men to provide culturally appropriate care...
  3. ncbi Correlates of hepatitis B virus and HIV knowledge among gay and bisexual homeless young adults in Hollywood
    Adeline Nyamathi
    Florida State University, Tallahassee Florida, FL 32306, USA
    Am J Mens Health 7:18-26. 2013
    ..As higher levels of knowledge of hepatitis was associated with more moderate drug use, early access to testing and teaching harm reduction strategies remain critical to reduce exposure and infection of HBV and HIV in this population...
  4. ncbi Fatigue of survivors following cardiac surgery: positive influences of preoperative prayer coping
    Amy L Ai
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Br J Health Psychol 17:724-42. 2012
    ....
  5. ncbi Overall health and healthcare utilization among Latino American women in the United States
    Amy L Ai
    College of Social Work and Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:878-85. 2012
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine the chronic conditions, behavioral-mental health and service utilization of Latino American women in the first epidemiologic survey in the United States...
  6. ncbi Secular reverence predicts shorter hospital length of stay among middle-aged and older patients following open-heart surgery
    Amy L Ai
    School of Social Work and Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    J Behav Med 34:532-41. 2011
    ..Secular reverence exerts a protective impact on physical health...
  7. ncbi Long-term Adjustment After Surviving Open Heart Surgery: The Effect of Using Prayer for Coping Replicated in a Prospective Design
    A L Ai
    University of Pittsburgh, 2028 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Gerontologist 50:798-809. 2010
    ..The present study examines multifaceted effects of religious factors on long-term postoperative adjustment, extending our previous findings concerning prayer and coping with cardiac disease...
  8. ncbi Depression following open-heart surgery: a path model involving interleukin-6, spiritual struggle, and hope under preoperative distress
    Amy L Ai
    University of Pittsburg, USA
    J Clin Psychol 66:1057-75. 2010
    ..Further, hope played a protective mediating role to moderate the undesirable influences of the spiritual struggle-IL-6 link and maladaptive coping on postoperative mental health attributes...
  9. ncbi Comorbid mental health symptoms and heart diseases: can health care and mental health care professionals collaboratively improve the assessment and management?
    Amy L Ai
    School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Health Soc Work 35:27-38. 2010
    ....
  10. ncbi Pathways to postoperative hostility in cardiac patients: mediation of coping, spiritual struggle and interleukin-6
    Amy Lee Ai
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15260 PA, USA
    J Health Psychol 15:186-95. 2010
    ..Anger coping mediated the harmful influence of anxiety and counteracted the protection of positive religious coping on adjustment...
  11. ncbi Prayer and reverence in naturalistic, aesthetic, and socio-moral contexts predicted fewer complications following coronary artery bypass
    Amy L Ai
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Behav Med 32:570-81. 2009
    ..No interaction between demographics and faith factors was evident. The role of faith in medicine is complex and context-dependent. Future studies are needed on mediating factors...