The purpose was to assess differences in mean scores of 23 men and 28 women who rated immediate stress low and 11 men and 34 women who rated immediate stress high. Analysis of variance of mean differences was significant for sex but not for immediate stress or their interaction on the Coping Resources Inventory, Emotional Domain.
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