Marcellus M Merritt

Biographic Data

ID4996333
NAMEMarcellus M Merritt
GIVEN NAMESMarcellus M
FAMILY NAMEMerritt
SIGNATUREMERRITT M M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
ORCID0000-0002-7942-6826
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS71
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX3

  • Religiosity, Education, John Henryism Active Coping, and Cardiovascular Responses to Anger Recall for African American Men

    Open AccessMaryam Ayazi, Kayla T Johnson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2018Cited by: 2References: 72

    The present study examined if high levels of religious attendance (ORG), private religious activity (NOR), or intrinsic religiosity (SUB) buffer cardiovascular responses to active speech and anger recall lab stressors alone and by John Henryism Active Coping (JHAC) and educational attainment. A sample of 74 healthy African American males, aged 23 to 47 years, completed psychosocial surveys and a lab reactivity protocol involving active speech and…

  • Dimensions of self-selected leisure activities, trait coping and their relationships with sleep quality and depressive symptoms

    Marcellus M Merritt, Matthew Zawadzki et al.ARTICLELeisure Studies2017Cited by: 3References: 32

    Although leisure is presumed to be beneficial, certain profiles of leisure may be especially good. This paper tests whether dimensions of self-selected leisure activities (SSLAs) differentially relate to depressive symptoms and poor sleep quality, including (a) positivity (SSLA-PO), (b) difficulty (SSLA-DF), (c) distraction (SSLA-DI) and (d) thinking about negative events (SSLA-TN). Furthermore, it tests whether those low in perseverative cogniti…

  • Cardiovascular-Emotional Dampening

    James A McCubbin, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    Objective: Persons with elevated blood pressure (BP) show dampened emotional responses to affect-laden stimuli. We sought to further examine cardiovascular-emotional dampening by examination of the relationship between resting hemodynamic measures and recognition of emotion in an African American community-based sample. Methods: Participants were 106 African American men and women (55 women; mean age = 52.8 years), mainly low in socioeconomic sta…

  • Religious Coping and Pain Associated With Sickle Cell Disease

    Open AccessCara F O’Connell-Edwards, Christopher L Edwards et al.ARTICLEJournal of African American Studies2008Cited by: 3References: 1

  • Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress

    Marcellus M Merritt, Gary G Bennett et al.ARTICLEHealth Psychology2006Cited by: 33References: 10

    This study evaluated cardiovascular responses (CVR) to an active speech task with blatantly discriminatory (BRC) versus neutral (NRC) stimuli and an anger recall task in a sample of Black men (N = 73; age 18 to 47). Diastolic blood pressure scores were higher for NRC versus BRC stimuli during anger recall (p = .05). Moreover, persons in the NRC group who perceived high levels of racism (vs. no racism or BRC group) during active speech showed larg…

  • Stress, coping, and health outcomes among African-Americans

    Gary G Bennett, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2004

    The John Henryism (JH) hypothesis argues that prolonged high-effort coping with chronic psychosocial stressors may be associated with elevated risk for negative health outcomes among those without sufficient socioeconomic resources. Early JH studies found a significant association between high JH, low socioeconomic status, and hypertension among African-Americans. More recently, these findings have been extended to a wide array of health status o…

  • Low Educational Attainment, John Henryism, and Cardiovascular Reactivity to and Recovery From Personally Relevant Stress

    Marcellus M Merritt, Gary G Bennett et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2004

    OBJECTIVE: The John Henryism hypothesis proposes that a high level of John Henryism (JH: high-effort coping with psychosocial demands) is predictive of hypertension at low but not high socioeconomic status (SES). The objectives of the present study were to determine whether high JH and low SES (education, income, job status, and job strain) were associated with increased cardiovascular responses to laboratory social stressors. METHODS: Subjects w…

  • Ethnicity, education, and the cortisol response to awakening

    Gary G Bennett, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2004

    These preliminary findings demonstrate significant ethnic and education-related differences in awakening cortisol secretion responses. Our data highlight the importance of considering ethnicity and the moderating effects of social class when examining the associations among social contextual factors and cortisol secretion

  • Perceived Racism and Affective Responses to Ambiguous Interpersonal Interactions among African American Men

    Open AccessGary G Bennett, Marcellus M Merritt et al.ARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist2004Cited by: 30References: 12

    The current study examined affective responses to ambiguous interpersonal interactions containing both ambiguous and overtly racist content. Participants included 74 African American males (ages 18-47), half of whom heard a depiction of a negative social interaction with blatantly racist content (BRC). The remaining participants heard a similar scenario containing no racist content (NRC). Negative affect scores were higher for those in the BRC gr…

  • Cardiovascular Reactivity Associated With Induced Anger and Depressive Affect

    Beverly H Brummett, James D Lane et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1999

    Brummett, B. H.; Lane, J. D.; Merritt, M.; Sheaks, J.; Siegler, I. C.; Barefoot, J. C. Author Information

  • The Relationships of Somatic Symptoms With Coping Strategies, Life Satisfaction, and Daily Hassles

    Marcellus M Merritt, Jules P HarrellARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1998