A study was conducted to examine coping with interpersonal stress among students in physical education (PE) classes. Students (n=447) responded to 58 items that had been developed on the basis of free descriptions given by junior high school students about how they cope with interpersonal stress. Factor analysis revealed 6 coping factors that consisted of 28 coping items. These factors were named “introspection”, “neglect”, “avoidance of company”, “assertion”, “approach” and “shrug-off”. In addition, ANOVA clarified that female students (n=242) selected “avoidance of company” and “shrug-off”, more frequently than male students (n=205). Upper grade students (2nd grade students, n=146 ; 3rd grade students, n=226) showed a tendency not to use “assertion” as much as 1st grade students (n=75), and 3rd grade students tended to adopt shruging off for coping with interpersonal stress more regularly than 2nd grade students. These results suggest that although students in PE classes cope in various ways with interpersonal stress, differences in gender and/or grade have a hand in strategy selection.