@article{ref1,
title="The double edge sword of John Henryism: impact on patients' health in the People's Republic of China",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2018",
author="Vargas, Emily A. and Li, Yidi and Mahalingham, Ramaswami and Hui, Pan and Liu, Grace and Lapedis, Marissa and Liu, J. Rebecca",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1359105318800141-1359105318800141",
abstract="The People's Republic of China has experienced extraordinary economic growth, which is associated with increases in chronic health stressors. We examined the impact of John Henryism-[a strategy for coping with prolonged exposure to stresses such as social discrimination by expending high levels of effort which results in accumulating physiological costs]-on various health indicators in a sample of patients ( n = 642) in China. John Henryism significantly related to increased medical adherence [Formula: see text] and health-promotional behaviors [Formula: see text]. John Henryism predicted several indicators of psychological health through social support. John Henryism was also related to increased alcoholism [Formula: see text]. The findings highlight the complexity and paradoxical implications of John Henryism on health. Implications are discussed in relation to China's epidemiological and age demographic shifts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105318800141",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105318800141"
}