APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
High-Effort Coping and Health Among Black and Latino Adolescents: Understanding Resilience In Context
- Mirinda Morency
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Bonny Donzella
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Anne Eaton
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities - Megan Gunnar
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Alicia Kunin-Batson
University of Minnesota Medical School
Abstract
Black and Latino adolescents often use high-effort coping (John Henryism) to navigate chronic structural stressors, yet sustained effort may carry health costs. In the proposed research, we examine how structural stressors and high-effort coping interact to shape cardiometabolic risk (BMI, BP, lipids, HbA1c, CRP) and internalizing symptoms (depression and anxiety).
