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ArticleWomen & therapy2025

Weathering the Storm: Exploring the Use of the Strong Black Woman Role in the Coping Strategies of Black Women Survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Beth Sapiro, Alicia Mendez, Christin Haynes, Sarah R Lowe, Maria Cioè-Peña, Mary C Waters

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Article in Women & therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Beth SapiroDepartment of Social Work and Child Advocacy, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ, 07043.
Alicia MendezBoston University School of Social Work, 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, 02215.
Christin HaynesVirginia State University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, P.O. Box 9211, 1 Hayden Drive, Petersburg, VA, 23806.
Sarah R LoweSarah R. Lowe, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street Room 405, New Haven, CT 06510.
Maria Cioè-PeñaEducational Linguistics, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Mary C Waters540 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138.

Funding

Research Project (RP) 5 - New Demographics (NEW NOLA)P01HD082032 · NICHD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI ABRAMSON, DAVID M, VANLANDINGHAM, MARK J. · 2015 to 2019
$7.2M
Adversity and Resilience after Hurricane KatrinaR01HD057599 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI WATERS, MARY C · 2008 to 2012
$2.9M
The Relationship Between College Education &HealthR01HD046162 · NICHD · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI PAXSON, CHRISTINA H · 2004 to 2007
$1.4M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD082032NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD046162NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To protect against gendered racism, U.S. Black girls and women are socialized to be strong. This study explored the manifestations of the "Strong Black Woman" schema over time in the coping strategies of six Black women who survived Hurricane Katrina. Participants were all Black mothers, enrolled at a local community college, and ages 23-31 at the time of the first interview. All were interviewed three times between 2006 and 2018. Using narrative analysis on the longitudinal interviews, researchers identified themes highlighting how participants inherited, engaged with, and challenged expectations of the Strong Black Woman schema across their lives as daughters and mothers. Findings highlight the unique cultural and gendered pressures on Black women towards self-reliance and avoiding vulnerability, demonstrating the impact of structural oppression on help-seeking and the need for culturally appropriate interventions for survivors of disasters.

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Black feminismcopingdisasterHurricane KatrinaStrong Black Woman schema

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PMID40963814
PMCPMC12439850

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