Table 1.

Differences between men and women in their worry when rejecting someone.

Worrying-Variable	Women M (SD)	Men M (SD)	t	Cohen’s d
Physically hurt	36.56 (35.06)	9.23 (18.66)	8.45**	0.87
Being harmed socially	38.72 (33.36)	30.53 (32.37)	2.43	0.25
Being yelled at	41.21 (34.32)	24.46 (31.06)	4.91**	0.50
Being touched	52.67 (35.78)	18.29 (27.35)	10.02**	1.03
Being followed	53.59 (36.13)	15.68 (25.86)	11.08**	1.13
Having to call the police	25.92 (32.41)	8.93 (22.59)	5.56**	0.57
More people harassing you	34.82 (35.38)	17.84 (27.68)	4.98**	0.51
No one helping you	40.05 (37.53)	17.37 (28.87)	6.29**	0.64
Being blamed	36.22 (37.09)	47.08 (37.09)	2.85	0.29
Being fired from a job	18.04 (29.36)	10.76 (22.51)	2.59	0.26
Not getting hired	16.20 (27.61)	9.71 (21.32)	2.44	0.25

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