Superwoman Schema and John Henryism among African American women: An intersectional perspective on coping with racism

•John Henryism and Superwoman Schema are statistically distinct constructs.•The two constructs represent unique forms of coping in African American women.•The two measures differentially predict psychological distress and pre/hypertension.•Understanding culturally-specific coping may inform how racism gets under the skin.•The findings have implications for understanding intersectional stress-coping dynamics.