Table 1.
Characteristics of Study Sample
| Variable | Full sample (n = 478) | Active coping response
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (n = 147) | Yes (n = 283) | |||
| Age, M (SD) | 31.51 (10.95) | 29.64 (10.94) | 32.23 (10.62) | .02 |
| Education, No. (%) | .37 | |||
| ≤High school | 162 (35.92) | 52 (35.62) | 102 (36.43) | |
| Some college | 159 (35.25) | 61 (41.78) | 90 (32.14) | |
| College/graduate or professional degree | 130 (28.82) | 33 (22.60) | 88 (31.43) | |
| Income, No. (%) | <.01 | |||
| <$20,000, % | 173 (41.00) | 67 (50.76) | 97 (36.19) | |
| $20,000 – $39,999, % | 129 (30.57) | 36 (27.27) | 85 (31.72) | |
| ≥$40,000, % | 120 (28.44) | 29 (21.97) | 86 (32.09) | |
| Recruitment site, No. (%) | <.01 | |||
| Barbershop | 344 (78.18) | 99 (70.71) | 229 (83.27) | |
| Educational institution | 96 (21.82) | 41 (29.29) | 46 (16.73) | |
| Neuroticism, M (SD) | 2.54 (0.65) | 2.60 (0.59) | 2.53 (0.66) | .31 |
| Depressive symptomatology, M (SD) | 12.28 (6.05) | 13.32 (5.92) | 11.74 (5.97) | <.01 |
| Frequency of racial discrimination, M (SD) | 1.89 (1.18) | 1.90 (1.19) | 1.89 (1.17) | .95 |
| Masculine self-reliance, M (SD) | 4.46 (1.07) | 4.17 (1.13) | 4.61 (1.00) | <.001 |
| John Henryism, M (SD) | 3.87 (0.69) | 3.66 (0.79) | 3.97 (0.60) | <.001 |
Note. Comparisons for between-group differences are based on the χ2 statistic for categorical variables and the t statistic for continuous variables.