Black women embody self-determination and strength to overcome intersecting racism and sexism. This notion of strength has been operationalized as the Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema, and growing research on this schema has been mixed. Quantitative findings have largely connected this schema to negative health outcomes whereas qualitative work has revealed positive benefits of this schema. To further understand the complexity of this schema, we drew from a positive psychology framework to examine how this schema related to resilience, self-efficacy, and flourishing. Correlation and linear regression analyses were performed with data from 178 young adult Black women (M_age = 20.48, SD = 1.38) who were recruited from a Historically Black College in the Southeastern region of the United States. Regression findings revealed that some characteristics (e.g., obligation to manifest strength, intense motivation to succeed) were positively associated with resilience, self-efficacy, and flourishing whereas others (e.g., extraordinary caregiving, emotional suppression) were negatively associated with these outcomes. Our results further complicate the role of the SBW schema in the lives of Black women and support the need for continued research on this topic.

黑人女性体现了克服交叉种族主义和性别歧视的自决和力量。这种力量的概念已经被运用为坚强的黑人女性（SBW）模式，并且对该模式的不断增长的研究是混合的。定量研究结果在很大程度上将这种模式与负面的健康结果联系起来，而定性工作则揭示了这种模式的积极好处。为了进一步理解这种图式的复杂性，我们利用积极心理学框架来研究这种图式与弹性、自我效能和繁荣之间的关系。对从美国东南部地区一所历史黑人学院招募的 178 名年轻黑人女性（ M_年龄= 20.48， SD = 1.38）的数据进行了相关和线性回归分析。回归结果显示，一些特征（例如，展现力量的义务、成功的强烈动机）与复原力、自我效能和蓬勃发展呈正相关，而其他特征（例如，非凡的照顾、情绪抑制）与这些结果呈负相关。我们的研究结果使 SBW 模式在黑人女性生活中的作用进一步复杂化，并支持继续研究这一主题的必要性。