Stress, coping, and health outcomes among African-Americans: a review of the John Henryism hypothesis

By G. Bennett, Marcellus M. Merritt, John J Sollers Iii, C. Edwards, K. Whitfield, D. Brandon, R. Tucker. 2004

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Unethical and Unwell: Decrements in Well-Being and Unethical Activity at Work (2010, background): “An extensive literature (Bennett et al., 2004; Penninx et al., 1996; Scheier and Carver, 1992; Smith and MacKenzie, 2006; Young, 2004) on unethical activities (Adler and Matthews, 1994; Landrine and Klonoff, 1996; Lorho and Hilp, 2001), traumas to one’s worldview (Janoff-Bulman, 1989), and criminal…”
Health Disparities due to Diminished Return among Black Americans: Public Policy Solutions (2018, background): “Effortful coping strategies come with psychological and physiological costs (Bennett et al., 2004; James, 1994; Sellers & Neighbors, 2008).”
Using Focus Groups to Explore the Stressful Life Events of Black College Men (2007, result): “Findings from this study are aligned with those of Black Americans and high-effort coping (Bennett et al., 2004; Ford, Hill, Butler, & Havstad, 2001) and have implications for future work conducted with the “John Henryism hypothesis” (James, Hartnett, & Kalsbeek, 1983)—a strong behavioral predisposi”
John Henryism, Depression, and Perceived Social Support in Black Women (2014, background): “Reliability has been demonstrated with Cronbach’s alphas of .85 in Whites and .85 to .90 in Blacks (Conerly et al., 2002; Kohout, Berkman, Evans, & Cornoni-Huntley, 1993; Roberts, 1980).”