John Henryism and blood pressure among Nigerian civil servants

摘要

Conclusions-This trend is consistent with recent findings of increased blood pressure among women and African- Americans with high John Henryism and High status jobs. Study objective-Among urban Nigerian Civil servants, higher socioeconmic sta- Tus is related to increased blood pressure. In the United States, the relation between Increased blood pressure and low socio- Economic status or low level of education Has been found to be potentiated by high Effort active coping (John Henryism) Among African-Americans. Thus, the po- Tentiating effect of high effort active coping as measured by the John Henryism Active Coping Scale, on Socioeconomic Status, as measured by job grade, was Considered in relation to blood pressure in a Nigerian civil servant population.