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Direct linkAi, Amy L.; Peterson, Christopher; Bolling, Steven F.; Koenig, Harold – Gerontologist, 2002
Purpose: 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. Design and Methods: The measure of prayer included three aspects: (a) belief in the importance of private prayer, (b) faith in the efficacy of prayer on the basis of previous…
Descriptors: Surgery, Older Adults, Coping, Patients
