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| Amy L AiSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Private prayer and optimism in middle-aged and older patients awaiting cardiac surgeryAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle 98105 6299, USA
Gerontologist 42:70-81. 2002..This study investigated the use of private prayer among middle-aged and older patients as a way of coping with cardiac surgery and prayer's relationship to optimism...- The traumatic impact of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the potential protection of optimismAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
J Interpers Violence 21:689-700. 2006..Optimism and its interaction with personal loss were inversely associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptom scores... - Effects of mood state and psychosocial functioning on plasma Interleukin-6 in adult patients before cardiac surgeryAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle 98105 6299, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 35:363-76. 2005.... - Getting affairs in order: influences of social support and religious coping on end-of-life planning among open-heart surgery patientsAmy L Ai
School of Social Work, University of Washington Health Sciences, Seattle, WA 98105 6299, USA
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care 2:71-94. 2006..Minority race was inversely related to EOLP. Findings suggest the potential role for social workers in helping cardiac patients to access social spiritual resources, and to consider engagement in EOLP... - Psychosocial mediation of religious coping styles: a study of short-term psychological distress following cardiac surgeryAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105 6299, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:867-82. 2007.... - Spiritual and religious involvement relate to end-of-life decision-making in patients undergoing coronary bypass graft surgeryAmy L Ai
University of Washington Health Sciences, Seattle 98105 6299, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 38:113-32. 2008..Therefore, faith factors appear to have independent but complex effects on end-of-life decision making in middle-aged and older cardiac patients... - Faith factors and internal health locus of control in patients prior to open-heart surgeryAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Settle, Washington 98105 6299, USA
J Health Psychol 10:669-76. 2005.... - Effects of faith and secular factors on locus of control in middle-aged and older cardiac patientsAmy L Ai
University of Washington Health Science, USA
Aging Ment Health 9:470-81. 2005..Several factors in the medical history affected different loci of control. Older age and minority status were associated with greater external control... - Prayers, spiritual support, and positive attitudes in coping with the September 11 national crisisAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105 6299, USA
J Pers 73:763-91. 2005..Higher levels of initial negative emotional response were associated with the use of prayer for coping, which was, in turn, related to less distress through the pathway of the above linkage... - Hope, meaning, and growth following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksAmy L Ai
University of Washington Seattle, USA
J Interpers Violence 20:523-48. 2005..These findings offer further credence to the study of positive aspects resulting from violence-related trauma and highlight the needs for addressing the nature of traumatic events and PTG... - Possibilities of the positive following violence and trauma: informing the coming decade of researchAmy L Ai
University of Washington, USA
J Interpers Violence 20:242-50. 2005..All three have important implications for survivors of violence and trauma... - Faith-based and secular pathways to hope and optimism subconstructs in middle-aged and older cardiac patientsAmy L Ai
Universities of Washington Health Science, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Health Psychol 9:435-50. 2004..Other sociodemographically resourcable factors affected both the agency and pathway components of hope as well as dispositional optimism and dispositional pessimism directly or indirectly through their effects on emotional distress... - The use of complementary and alternative therapies among middle-aged and older cardiac patientsAmy L Ai
University of Washington, 4101 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105 6299, USA
Am J Med Qual 17:21-7. 2002..Findings suggest that there is considerable CAM use in this cardiac sample. Physicians and other health providers should investigate patients' CAM utility and promote collaborative medical care... - Social-strata-related cardiovascular health disparity and comorbidity in an aging society: implications for professional careAmy L Ai
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105 6299, USA
Health Soc Work 32:97-105. 2007..Findings from a large-sample clinical trial by the National Institutes of Health call for innovative psychosocial intervention. Implications for professional practice, research, and education are outlined... - The influence of prayer coping on mental health among cardiac surgery patients: the role of optimism and acute distressAmy L Ai
University of Washington, USA
J Health Psychol 12:580-96. 2007..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... - Depression, faith-based coping, and short-term postoperative global functioning in adult and older patients undergoing cardiac surgeryAmy L Ai
University of Washington Health Sciences, Seattle, Washington 98105 6299, United States
J Psychosom Res 60:21-8. 2006..This prospective study examined how preoperative depression and faith-based coping, assessed preoperatively and postoperatively, affected short-term postoperative global functioning (SPGF) following a major cardiac surgery... - 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.... 
Fatigue of survivors following cardiac surgery: positive influences of preoperative prayer copingAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Br J Health Psychol 17:724-42. 2012....- Differential effects of faith-based coping on physical and mental fatigue in middle-aged and older cardiac patientsAmy L Ai
University of Washington, Seattle WA 98105 6299, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 36:351-65. 2006..Particularly, we explored whether this faith effect is independent or explained by positive mediators... - The effects of discrimination and acculturation to service seeking satisfaction for Latina and Asian American women: implications for mental health professionsBu Huang
Research Institute, Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington, USA
Soc Work Public Health 26:46-59. 2011..Older age, higher education levels, longer duration in the United States, and better mental health, are positively related to satisfaction levels for Latina and Asian American women... - Cardiac conditionsMichel D Peck
School of Social Work, San Jose State University, USA
J Gerontol Soc Work 50:13-44. 2008..Accordingly, this article provides a systematic review of the clinical evidence about the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and any potential risk of psychosocial intervention with cardiac patients... - War-related trauma and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among adult Kosovar refugeesAmy L Ai
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle 98105 6299, USA
J Trauma Stress 15:157-60. 2002..Of these individuals, 78 (60.5%) showed the likely presence of PTSD. The mean number of war-related traumatic events reported was 15 (SD = 4.5). Higher PTSD scores were associated with more traumatic events and female gender... - International terrorism and mental health: recent research and future directionsPeter Fischer
Social, Economic, and Organisational Psychology, Exeter University, UK
J Interpers Violence 23:339-61. 2008..Finally, theoretical and practical implications as well as limitations and future directions are discussed...