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5094
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Amy L. Ai is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Psychology, with a specific focus on clinical and applied psychology. Their work spans related subfields including health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and general health professions.

Their research topics cover several important themes:

  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout

Recent publications by Amy L. Ai include:

  • "Perceived spiritual support counteracts the traumatic impact of extreme disasters: Exploration of moderators," 2021, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • "Depression in Patients with Heart Diseases: Gender Differences and Association of Comorbidities, Optimism, and Spiritual Struggle," 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • "Family Factors Related to Three Major Mental Health Issues Among Asian-Americans Nationwide," 2021, The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research

Frequently publishing in venues such as Innovation in Aging, the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, and Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, Amy L. Ai contributes to journals that intersect psychology and health professions.

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of their career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Arthur A. Raney
  • Hoa B. Appel
  • Sabrina L. Dickey
  • Raymond F. Paloutzian
  • Catherine M. Lemieux

Amy L. Ai has received recognition from the American Psychological Association, being named a Fellow in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Meaning Making and Growth: New Directions for Research on Survivors of Trauma

    Crystal L. Park;Amy L. Ai

  • Psychosocial Mediation of Religious Coping Styles: A Study of Short-Term Psychological Distress Following Cardiac Surgery

    Amy L. Ai;Crystal L. Park;Bu Huang;Willard Rodgers

  • The Role of Private Prayer in Psychological Recovery Among Midlife and Aged Patients Following Cardiac Surgery

    Amy L. Ai;Ruth E. Dunkle;Christopher Peterson;Steven F. Bolling

  • RESEARCH: The Effect of Religious-Spiritual Coping on Positive Attitudes of Adult Muslim Refugees From Kosovo and Bosnia

    Amy L. Ai;Christopher Peterson;Bu Huang

  • Hope, Meaning, and Growth Following the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks

    Amy L. Ai;Toni Cascio;Linda K. Santangelo;Teresa Evans-Campbell

  • Private Prayer and Optimism in Middle-Aged and Older Patients Awaiting Cardiac Surgery

    Amy L. Ai;Christopher Peterson;Steven F. Bolling;Harold Koenig

  • Possibilities of the Positive Following Violence and Trauma Informing the Coming Decade of Research

    Amy L. Ai;Crystal L. Park

  • Prayers, spiritual support, and positive attitudes in coping with the September 11 national crisis.

    Amy L. Ai;Terrence N. Tice;Christopher Peterson;Bu Huang

  • War-related trauma and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among adult Kosovar refugees.

    Amy L. Ai;Christopher Peterson;David Ubelhor

  • Faith-based and secular pathways to hope and optimism subconstructs in middle-aged and older cardiac patients.

    Amy L. Ai;Christopher Peterson;Terrence N. Tice;Steven F. Bolling

  • Depression, faith-based coping, and short-term postoperative global functioning in adult and older patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

    Amy L. Ai;Amy L. Ai;Christopher Peterson;Steven F. Bolling;Willard Rodgers

  • Posttraumatic symptoms and growth of Kosovar war refugees: The influence of hope and cognitive coping

    Amy L. Ai;Terrence N. Tice;Donna D. Whitsett;Tony Ishisaka

  • Spiritual Struggle Related to Plasma Interleukin-6 Prior to Cardiac Surgery

    Amy L. Ai;E Mitchell Seymour;Terrence N. Tice;Ziad Kronfol

  • Prayer and reverence in naturalistic, aesthetic, and socio-moral contexts predicted fewer complications following coronary artery bypass

    Amy L. Ai;Paul Wink;Terrence N. Tice;Steven F. Bolling

  • Posttraumatic growth in patients who survived cardiac surgery: the predictive and mediating roles of faith-based factors.

    Amy L. Ai;Daniel Hall;Kenneth Pargament;Terrence N. Tice

  • Racial/Ethnic Identity and Subjective Physical and Mental Health of Latino Americans: An Asset Within?

    Amy L. Ai;Eugene Aisenberg;Saskia I. Weiss;Dulny Salazar

  • The Relationship Between Religious Identity and Preferred Coping Strategies: An Examination of the Relative Importance of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Coping in Muslim and Christian Faiths

    Peter Fischer;Amy L. Ai;Nilüfer Aydin;Dieter Frey

  • Effects of faith and secular factors on locus of control in middle-aged and older cardiac patients.

    Amy L. Ai;Christopher Peterson;Willard Rodgers;Terrence N. Tice

  • The Traumatic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks and the Potential Protection of Optimism

    Amy L. Ai;Teresa Evans-Campbell;Linda K. Santangelo;Toni Cascio

  • The use of complementary and alternative therapies among middle-aged and older cardiac patients.

    Amy L. Ai;Steven F. Bolling

  • RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

    Bruce A. Thyer;Amy Ai;Thomas A. Artelt;Wendy Auslander

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold G. Koenig
Harold G. Koenig Duke University
Willard L. Rodgers
Willard L. Rodgers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Crystal L. Park
Crystal L. Park University of Connecticut
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Daniel G. Saunders
Daniel G. Saunders University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University
Dieter Frey
Dieter Frey Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Christopher Peterson
Christopher Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Monika Ardelt
Monika Ardelt University of Florida
Shaun M. Eack
Shaun M. Eack University of Pittsburgh

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