Table20
-Reactions when stressed x "quite often" -
(%)

7th graders 8th graders 9th graders Boys Girls
Take out your irritation on friends 5.8 5.2 4.2 7.4 2.6
Do what you feel you should not do 11.1 10.6 7.7 11.3 8.0
Do something completely different than usual 11.3 11.9 7.7 12.1 8.4
Clean up your room, etc. 10.6 11.0 12.1 10.2 12.4
Buy a lot of things 13.9 13.9 11.3 10.3 15.6
Talk on the phone for a long time 15.0 14.1 11.4 4.9 21.8
Break things 16.7 13.5 14.1 18.4 10.6
Overeat 13.1 15.7 15.3 11.9 17.8
Be hard on your family members 12.1 18.0 16.1 13.2 18.3
Sing "karaoke" 13.8 18.0 19.3 9.6 25.2
Daydream 18.6 17.5 21.0 18.6 19.6
Exercise 26.5 23.2 19.8 28.5 17.1
Watch videos 31.3 27.0 22.3 27.0 25.7
Play video games 32.3 27.7 22.7 41.5 12.7
Read comics, etc. 31.5 28.3 28.2 31.6 26.6
Go out with friends 32.3 36.0 26.5 29.7 33.4