Table 2.
Self-rated health and superwoman schema endorsement means by socioeconomic status.
| Household Income |
Educational Attainment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than $50,000 | $50,000 or more | Less than Bachelor’s Degree | Bachelor’ s Degree or higher | |
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| Self-Rated Health | 2.25 (.86) | 2.55 (.78)a | 2.30 (.86) | 2.53 (.78)a |
| Superwoman Schema (SWS) | 1.93 (.54) | 1.91 (.48) | 1.98 (.53) | 1.85 (.48)a |
| SWS Subscales Obligation to Present Strength | 2.26 (.67) | 2.24 (.61) | 2.28 (.64) | 2.22 (.63) |
| Suppress Emotions | 1.66 (.70) | 1.62 (.67) | 1.73 (.69) | 1.54 (.66)a |
| Resistance to Vulnerability | 1.93 (.71) | 1.88 (.67) | 1.99 (.72) | 1.82 (.65)a |
| Motivation to Succeed | 2.22 (.56) | 2.24 (.49) | 2.26 (.53) | 2.20 (.51) |
| Obligation to Help Others | 1.74 (.73) | 1.70 (.64) | 1.79 (.72) | 1.64 (.64)a |
| N (Sample Size) | 188 | 220 | 213 | 195 |
Standard Deviations in parentheses.
a
Indicates significant differences (p-value <.05) by household income or educational attainment based on Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney rank-sum tests. Source: Mechanisms Underlying Stress and Emotions (MUSE) in African-American Women’s Health Study, 2016–2019