Table 4.

Means and standard deviations for gender differences in individual strategy use within each scenario.

			M (SD)
Scenario	Method	Strategy	Female	Male	p-value
Academic	FW	Problem solving	2 (1.52)	1.46 (1.11)	0.04
	FW	Social support	0.5 (0.59)	0.26 (0.53)	0.03
	FW	Emotion expression	0.29 (0.54)	0 (0)	0.001
	SR	Acceptance	0.85 (0.35)	0.98 (0.14)	0.01
	SR	Denial	0.26 (0.44)	0.54 (0.50)	0.002
	SR	Suppression	0.74 (0.44)	0.92 (0.27)	0.01
	SR	Social support	0.97 (0.84)	0.84 (0.37)	0.03
Romantic	FW	Self-blame	0.63 (0.79)	0.28 (0.54)	0.01
	FW	Social support	0.61 (0.91)	0.28 (0.50)	0.02
	FW	Emotion expression	0.42 (0.71)	0.18 (0.44)	0.03
	SR	Suppression	0.74 (0.44)	0.92 (0.27)	0.01
Health	FW	Acceptance	0.65 (0.81)	1.00 (0.93)	0.03
	SR	Reappraisal	0.92 (0.28)	0.78 (0.42)	0.04

FW, free-writing; SR, self-reported ratings; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.