John Henryism and Perceived Health among Hemodialysis Patients in a Multiracial Brazilian Population: the PROHEMO
Author(s) -
Gildete Barreto Lopes,
Sherman A. James,
Marcelo Barreto Lopes,
Carolina Cartaxo Penalva,
Camila Tavares Joau e Silva,
Cácia Mendes Matos,
Márcia Martins,
António Alberto Lopes
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.28.4.539
Subject(s) - medicine , stressor , coping (psychology) , demography , hemodialysis , gerontology , population , clinical psychology , environmental health , sociology
John Henryism (JH) is a strong behavioral predisposition to engage in high-effort coping with difficult socioenvironmental stressors. We investigated associations between JH and perceived general health (GH) among maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients in a multiracial Brazilian population.
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