Table 1.

Scores for Non-Problem and Problem Talk and Responses to Friends’ Problem Statements for Girls and Boys

	Girls		Boys		F Value	Effect Size
	M (SD)	Range	M (SD)	Range
Friend-Problem Statements	27.21 (23.63)	1-138	16.96 (17.40)	0-134	11.69***	.49
Own-Problem Statements	51.50 (47.14)	1-418	28.99 (25.90)	0-130	17.31***	.59
Non-Problem Statements	139.13 (56.80)	6-288	152.96 (50.09)	24-303	0.26	−.26
Engaged Responses
Support/Agree	5.84 (7.09)	0-41	3.45 (5.36)	0-41	6.65*	.38
Question	4.56 (5.00)	0-39	2.96 (3.69)	0-20	11.67***	.36
Related Experience	2.03 (3.77)	0-27	1.17 (3.44)	0-51	7.33**	.24
Information/opinion	7.50 (8.34)	0-49	4.61 (6.58)	0-52	11.51***	.38
Acknowledge/Prompt	3.02 (3.57)	0-21	1.81 (2.14)	0-12	4.46*	.41
Advice Giving	1.10 (3.21)	0-36	.82 (2.23)	0-17	.15	.10
Negative Responses
Changing Subject	5.13 (7.57)	0-81	3.17 (3.56)	0-20	3.95*	.33
Minimize/Non-support	.83 (2.25)	0-20	.85 (3.15)	0-36	.98	−.01
Silence/No Response	.17 (.57)	0-5	.12 (.52)	0-5	1.03	.09
Humor Response
Humor	.47 (1.07)	0-8	.59 (1.38)	0-9	4.37*	−.10
Seventh Grade	.51 (1.15)	0-7	.22 (.57)	0-4	7.58**	.32
Tenth Grade	.43 (.98)	0-8	.97 (1.80)	0-9	10.70**	−.38

Notes.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.