John Henryism Active Coping, Acculturation, and Psychological Health in Korean Immigrants

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Jeongok Logan, University of Virginia; Debra J Barksdale, Virginia Commonwealth University; Sherman James, Emory University; Lung-Chang Chien, University of Texas San Antonio
• Language: English
• Date: 2017-03-01
• Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © The Author(s) 2015.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659615615402
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: JOURNAL OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• Start Page: 168
• End Page: 178
• Grant/Funding Information: This study has been funded by Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31NR011377) by National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) / National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Keywords: acculturation; stress; LOW-INCOME; POPULATIONS; REPORTED PHYSICAL HEALTH; WOMEN; PERCEIVED STRESS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; John Henryism active coping; Science & Technology; AMERICAN; DISPARITIES; depression; Nursing; BLOOD-PRESSURE; anxiety; immigrants; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the levels of John Henryism (JH) active coping and its association with acculturation status and psychological health (specifically perceived stress, acculturative stress, anxiety, and depression) in Korean immigrants to the United States. In 102 Korean immigrants, JH active coping was measured by the JH Scale; acculturation by the Bidimensional Acculturation Scale; perceived stress by the Perceived Stress Scale; acculturative stress by the Social, Attitudinal, Familial, and Environmental Scale; anxiety by the State Anxiety Subscale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; and depression by the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. The levels of JH active coping in this sample of Korean immigrants appear to be lower than the levels reported in other racial groups. Independent of demographic factors, JH active coping was a significant predictor of higher acculturation status and better psychological health as indicated by lower levels of perceived stress, acculturative stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.