Sullivan Samaah M, Sullivan Jas M, Orey D'Andra, Baptist Najja Kofi
Department of Epidemiology; Human Genetics, and Environmental Science; University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Department of Psychology, Political Science and African American Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Soc Sci Q. 2024 May;105(3):514-527. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.13354. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
To examine whether John Henryism Active Coping (JHAC) is a protective risk factor for distress during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether this association differs by race/ethnicity.
Data were collected as part of the 2020 National Blair Center Poll. Higher scores on JHAC measured a greater behavioral predisposition to cope actively and persistently with difficult psychosocial stressors and barriers of everyday life.
High JHAC was associated with lower odds for feeling worried and for feeling afraid when thinking about COVID-19. These associations differed across race/ethnicity such that having a greater JHAC behavioral predisposition to coping was inversely associated with feelings of distress when thinking about the COVID-19 pandemic only among Whites and Hispanics, but not among African Americans.
Our findings have important implications as the COVID-19 pandemic continues into 2022 and psychological distress may linger and increase due to unprecedented economic and social impacts.
探讨约翰·亨利主义积极应对(JHAC)是否为新冠疫情期间困扰情绪的一种保护性风险因素,以及这种关联是否因种族/民族而异。
数据收集于2020年全国布莱尔中心民意调查。JHAC得分越高,表明个体在应对日常心理社会压力源和障碍时更倾向于积极且持续地采取行动。
JHAC得分高与在想到新冠疫情时感到担忧和害怕的几率较低相关。这些关联在不同种族/民族间存在差异,即只有白人和西班牙裔中,具有更强的JHAC行为应对倾向与想到新冠疫情大流行时的困扰情绪呈负相关,而在非裔美国人中并非如此。
随着新冠疫情持续至2022年,且前所未有的经济和社会影响可能使心理困扰持续并加剧,我们的研究结果具有重要意义。