title: The impact of John Henryism on self-reported health behaviors in African American men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  African American men have poorer health and higher disease-related mortality as compared to non-African American men. John Henryism refers to the predisposition to engage in active high-effort coping with environmental stressors. Little is known about relationships between John Henryism and personal health behaviors in African American men. The study purposes were to examine predictive relationships among John Henryism, marital status, age, education years, and health insurance on health behaviors in African American men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The convenience sample included 60 African American men (mean age 54.8 + 10.13) recruited from a large urban area in the Midwestern United States.
  
  
  RESULTS
  John Henryism significantly predicted self-reported health behaviors accounting for 12% of the multiple regression model variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings provide early evidence to consider in the design of interventions aimed at promoting healthy behaviors in African American men.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. rebecca.lehto@hc.msu.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Lehto
authors.forename: Karen Farchaus
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014937:Work / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology
keywords: African American men; community health; correlational design; health behavior; regression analysis