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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Coping flexibility refers to the ability to discontinue an ineffective coping strategy and replace it with a more effective alternative. The coping flexibility hypothesis (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CFH</jats:styled-content>) predicts that more flexible coping will produce more adaptive outcomes. This study tested <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CFH</jats:styled-content> validity among young Japanese women with menstrual pain. A total of 186 college students, who reported menstrual pain as being the most frequent pain they suffered over the past year, completed questionnaires related to coping flexibility and strategies for dealing with menstrual pain. Additionally, they reported on later depressive symptoms experienced during menstruation. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed that menstrual pain coping flexibility was significantly associated with reduced depressive symptoms during menstruation, even after controlling for the effects of menstrual pain intensity and coping strategies. Thus, the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">CFH</jats:styled-content> was supported by the data obtained from menstrual pain sufferers in college.</jats:p>