Being in college and facing stress, students learn to rely on stress management strategies (Dyson 1233). When I started college, I didn't need to find new ways to deal with stress because I knew how to get rid of stress, but I learned that it is extremely important to have plenty people to help you when you are depressed. Problem-focused coping is associated with lower levels of depression and emotion-focused coping is associated with strain and maladaptive functioning (Dyson 1233). When you see these statistics, I understand why problem-focused coping is linked to lower rates of depression, because you get rid of stress and no longer have it with you. Because each person uses different coping styles, men are generally more likely to use a problem-focused coping strategy, while women are more emotion-focused (Dyson