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This study examined sex differences in the use of coping strategies and their relationship to depression and anxietyrelated psychopathology. Responses on measures of coping strategies, depression, and anxiety were obtained from a carefully screened nonclinical sample (N = 107). The results demonstrated that women who used less positive reframing had higher levels of depressive symptoms compared with women who used more positive reframing and to men irrespective of their use of more or less positive reframing. In addition, women who reported the use of more selfblame had elevated levels of trait anxiety, although a similar effect was not found for men. The observed sex differences in the use of coping strategies and their association with depression and anxietyrelated problems underscores differences in the clinical presentation of anxiety and depression between women and men. Depression and …