Amy Ai

1. Ai, A. L., Jackson, L., Pecora, P., Delaney, N., & Rodriguez, L. (in press). Reshaping child welfare’s response to trauma: Assessment, evidence-based intervention, and new research perspectives. Research on Social Work Practice, (), -.

2. Nelson-Becker, H., Ai, L. A., Hopp, F., McCormick, T. R., Schlueter, J. O., & Camp, J. K. (2013). Spirituality and religion in end-of-life care: The challenge of interfaith and cross-generational matters in changing environments. British Journal of Social Work, 43(), -.

3. Ai, A. L., Lemieux, C., Richardson, R., Tice, T. N., Plummer, C., Huang, B., & Ellison, C. (2013). Character strengths and deep connections: Spiritual-secular pathways to resilience among black and white H-KR volunteers. Journal for Scientific Study of Religion, 52(), -. (An Official Journal for the Society for Scientific Study of Religion)

4. Ai, A. L., & Noël, L. T. (2013). Postoperative biomarkers and psychiatric symptoms one-month following open-heart surgery. Biological Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology, 14(), -. (An official publication forthe World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry)

5. Ai, A. L., Lee, K., & Kabbie, M. (2013). Body affects mind? Preoperative biological predictors for postoperative psychiatric symptoms in cardiac patients. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 36(), -. (An official publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine)

6. Nicdao, E. G., & Ai, L. A. (2013). Religion and the use of integrative medicine among cardiac patients. Journal of Religion and Health, 52(), -.

7. Appel, H.B., Ai, A. L., Huang, B., & Nicdao, E. G. (2013). Detrimental effects of discrimination on mental health in Asian Americans: Counteracting roles of religious involvement. International Journal for Psychology of Religion, 23(), -.

8. Ai, A. L., Huang, B., Bjorck, J. P., & Appel, H. B. (2013). Religious attendance and depression among Asian Americans from a national database: The mediation of social support. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5(), -. (An official journal for the APA and of the APA Division 36, Society for Psychology of Religion and Spirituality)

9. Ai, L. A., Lee, K., & Weiss, H. (2013). Response to Dr. Carlos J. Crespo. Journal of Women’s Health, 22(1), -. (An official journal for the American Medical Women’s Association)

10. Ai, L. A., Hall, D., Pargament, K., & Tice, T. N. (2013). Posttraumatic growth in patients who survived cardiac surgery: The predictive and mediating roles of faith-based factors. Journal of Behavioral Medicine,36(2), 186-198. (An official publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine)

11. Ai, L. A., Hopp, F., Tice, T. N., & Koenig, H. (2013). Enhanced existential relationship in light of eudaemonic tradition and religious coping of middle-aged and older cardiac patients. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(3), 368 - 382.

12. Ai, A. L., Hall, D. &, Bolling, S. F. (2013). Interlukin-6 and hospital length of stay after open-heart surgery. Biological Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology, 14(2), 79-82.(An official publication forthe World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry)

13. Ai, L. A., Noel, L. T., Appel, H.B., Hung, B., & Hefley, W. E. (2013). Overall health and health care utilization among Latino American men in the United States. American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(1),6-17. (A member of the Committee on Publication Ethics or COPE)

14. Huang, B., Appel, H.B, Nicdao, E. G., Lee, H. J., & Ai, L. A. (2013). Chronic conditions and behavioral Health among Asian American men: The first national representative sample. American Journal of Men’s Health, 7(1),66-76. (A member of the Committee on Publication Ethics or COPE)

15. Nicdao, E. N., Noel, L. T., Ai, A. L., Plummer, C., & Groff, S. (2013). Post disaster resilience: Racially different correlates with depressive symptoms among Hurricane Katrina-Rita volunteers. Disaster Health, 1(1), 45-53.

16. Ai, L. A., Wink, P., & Shearers, M. (2012). Fatigue of survivors following cardiac surgery: Positive influences of preoperative prayer coping. British Journal of Health Psychology, 17(4). 724-742. (An official journal of the British Psychological Society)

17. McCormick, T. R., Hopp, F., Nelson-Becker, H.,Ai, L. A., Schlueter, J. O., & Camp, J. K. (2012). Ethical and spiritual concerns near the end of life. Journal of Aging, Religion, and Spirituality,24(4), 301–313. (Previously named The Journal of Religious Gerontology)

18. Ai, L. A., Appel, H.B., Hung, B, & Lee, K. (2012). Overall health and health care utilization among Latino American women in the United States. Journal of Women’s Health,21(8),878-885. (An official journal for the American Medical Women’s Association)

19. Huang, B., Appel, H.B., Ai, L. A., & Lin, C. C. (2012). Effects of religious involvement on mental health in Chinese Americans. Asian Culture and History, Psychology, 4(1), 2-12. (An official journal of the Canadian Center of Science and Education)

20. Wang, Y. Y., Xu, K. W., Cao, G. J., Gian, M. Y., Shook, J., & Ai, A. L. (2012). Childhood maltreatment in an incarcerated sample in China: Prediction for violent crime in adulthood. Child and Youth Service Review, 34(8), 1553-1559.

21. Ai, A. L., Wink, P., & Shearer, M. (2011). Secular reverence predicts shorter hospital length of stay among middle-aged and older patients following open-heart surgery.34(12), 532-541.(An official publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine) Journal of Behavioral Medicine,

22. Rosmarin, D. H., Wachholtz, A., & Ai, A. L. (2011). Beyond descriptive research: advancing the study of spirituality and health. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 34(12), 409-413. (An official publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine)

23. Ai, A. L., Tice, T. N., Lemieux, C., & Huang, B. (2011). Modeling the post-9/11 paradox in an existential domain: From deep connection and struggle to posttraumatic stress and growth. Archive for Psychology of Religion, 33(2),173-204. [The official organ of the Internationale Gesellschaft für Religionspsychologie (The official journal of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion [IAPR]) founded in 1914)]

24. Appel, H.B., Huang, B., Ai, L. A., & Lin, C. C. (2011). Physical, behavioral, and mental health issues in Asian-American women: Results from the national database, Journal of Women’s Health, 20(11), 1703-1711. (An official journal for the American Medical Women’s Association)

25. Ai, A. L., Plummer, C., Kanno, H., Hoe, G., Appel., H. B., Simon, C. E., & Spigner, C. (2011). Positive traits versus previous isHitrauma: Racially different correlates with PTSD symptoms among Hurricanse Katria-Rita volunteers. Journal of Community Psychology, 39, (4), 402–420.

26. Kanno, H., & Ai, A. L. (2011). Japanese approach to elder abuse: Implications for the psychosocial prevention in emerging developed countries. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 25(4), 516-531.

27. Ai, A. L., Seymour, E. M., Kronfol, Z., & Bolling, S. (2011). Moot states, coping factors, and interleukin-6 are related to psychiatric symptoms followingcardiac surgery. Biological Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology, 13(1), 2-9.(An official publication forthe World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry)

28. Kastenmüller, A., Fischer, P., Aydin, N., Ai, A. L., Winter, N., & Frey, D. (2011). In the face of terrorism: Beliefs in literal immortality reduces prejudice under terror threat. Journal for the Scientific Studies of Religion, 50(3),604–616.(The official journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion)

29. Ai, A. L., & Hall, D. (2011). Divine love and deep connections: A long-term follow-up of patients surviving open-heart surgery. Journal of Aging Research, 841061,1-8.

30. Ai, A. L., Plummer, C., Hoe, G., Lemieux, C., Simon, C., Taylor, P., & Copeland, V. (2011). Racial identity related differential attributions of inadequate responsesto Hurricane Katrina: A social-identity perspective. Race & Social Problems. Race & Social Problems, 2(3),13-24. (An official journal for the Center on Race & Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh)

31. Huang, B., Appel, H., & Ai, A. L. (2011). The effects of discrimination and acculturation on service seeking satisfaction for Latina and Asian American women: Implications for mental health professions. Social Work in Public Health, 26(1), 46 – 59 (Special Issue: Health Disparities and Women of Color: Closing the Gap). (Previously named The Journal of Health and Public Policy)

32. Fischer, P., Ai, A. L., Aydin, N., Haslam, A.,& Frey, D. (2010). The relationship of religious identity and preferred coping strategies: An examination of relative importance of interpersonal and intrapersonal coping in Muslims and Christian faiths. Review of General Psychology,14(4),365-381. (An official journal for the APA and of the APA Division 1, General Psychology)

33. Lemieux, C. M., Plummer, C. A., Richardson, R., Simon, C., & Ai, A. L. (2010). Social work students in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Mental health, substance use, and adaptive coping. Journal of Social Work Education, 6(3), 391-410.(An official journal for the CSWE)

34. Ai, A. L., Ladd, K. L., Peterson, C., Cook, C., Shearer, M., & Koenig, H. G. (2010). Long-term adjustment after surviving open-heart surgery: The effect of using prayer for coping replicated in a prospective design. The Gerontologists, 50(6), 798-809. (An official journal for the GSA)

35. Ai, A. L., Pargament, K., Appel, H., & Kronfol, Z. (2010). Depression following open-heart surgery: A path model involving interleukin-6, spiritual struggle, and hope under pre-operative distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66(10), 1057-1075.

36. Ai, A. L. (2010). Positive psychology, well-being, and cultural issues? Advances in Psychological Science, 18(7),1037-1039. [An official journal for the Institute of Psychology (IOC), Chinese Academy of Science, for the symposium, "Well-being and Dignity of Chinese People from a Psychological Point of View," organized by the IOC and Department of Psychology, Peking University]

37. Ai, A. L., Rollman, B. L., & Berger, C. S. (2010). Co-morbid mental health symptoms and heart diseases: Can health care and mental health care professionals collaboratively improve the assessment and management? Health & Social Work, 35(1), 27-38. [An official journal for the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)]

38. Ai, A. L., Pargament, K., Kronfol, Z., Tice, T. N., & Appel, H. (2010). Pathways to postoperative hostility in cardiac patients: Mediation of coping, spiritual struggle, and interleukin-6. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(2), 186–195.

39. Ai, A. L., & McCormick, T. R. (2010). Increasing diversity of Americans’ faiths alongside Baby Boomers’ aging: Implications for health chaplains, intervention.4-41. (The Winner of the Best Abstract Award at the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: The Agenda., Hong Kong, June 10 - 14, 2010) Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, 16(1), 2

40. Ai, A. L., Wink, P., Tice, T. N., Bolling, S. F., Wasin, A., & Shearer, M. (2009). Prayer and reverence in naturalistic, aesthetic, and socio-moral contexts predicted fewer complications following coronary artery bypass. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(6), 570-581.(An official publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine)

41. Ai, A. L.,& Ardelt, M. (2009). Contradiction in the contemporary study of faith matters: Negation and affirmation via a historical perspective. Journal of Aging, Religion, and Spirituality, 21(4), 287-296.

42. Ai, A. L., Seymour, E. M., Tice, N. T., Kronfol, Z., & Bolling, S. F. (2009). Spiritual struggle related to plasma interleukin-6 prior to cardiac surgery. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 1(2), 112-128. (An official journal for the APA and of the APA Division 36, Society for Psychology of Religion and Spirituality)

43. Ai, A. L., Corley, C. S., Peterson, C., Huang, B., & Tice, T. N. (2009). Preoperative prayer and quality of life in cardiac patients: Pathways of cognitive coping and social support. Social Work in Health Care, 48(4), 471-494.

44. Ardelt, M., Ai, A. L., & Eichenberger, S. E. (2008). In search for meaning: The differential role of religion for middle-aged and older persons diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, 20(4), 288-312.

45. Fischer, P., & Ai, A. L. (2008). International terrorism and mental health: Recent research and future directions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23(3), 339-361.

46. Plummer, C. A., Ai, A. L., Lemieux, C., Richardson, R., Dey, S.K., Taylor, P., Spence, S., Kim, H. (2008). Volunteerism among social work students during Hurricane Katrina and Rita: A report from the disaster Area, Journal of Social Service Research, 34(3), 55-71.

47. Ai, A. L., Park, C., & Shearer, M. (2008). Spiritual or religious involvementrelated to end-of-life decision in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 38(1), 113-132.

48. Ai, A. L., Tice, T. N., Huang, B., Rodgers, W., & Bolling, S. F. (2008). Types of prayer, optimism, and well-being of middle-aged and older patients undergoing open-heart surgery.Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 11(1, special issue), 131-150.

49. Peck, M., & Ai, A. L. (2008). Evidenced-based psycho-social treatments for older adults with cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 50(S1), 13-44.(Also appears in S. Cummings & N. P. Kropf (Eds.), Psychosocial evidence-based treatments for older adults. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. – the same publisher)

50. Ai, A. L., Park, C., Huang, B., Rodgers, W., & Tice, T. N. (2007). Psychosocial mediation of religious coping: A prospective study of short-term psychological distress aftercardiac surgery. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(6), 867-882. (The official journal for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology)