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DO FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETES LACK MENTAL TOUGHNESS?

by Paul Mirrengoff

I don’t know. I don’t watch women’s college sports, and thus have no opinion.

But Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post has one. She sees a problem:

The data shows that since. . .2012, female athletes have become more anxious, more prone to depression, less adult and more insecure than ever before. What is up with that?

According to a 2016 NCAA survey, 76 percent of all Division I female athletes said they would like to go home to their moms and dads more often, and 64 percent said they communicate with their parents at least once a day, a number that rises to 73 percent among women’s basketball players. And nearly a third reported feeling overwhelmed.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/06/do-female-college-athletes-lack-mental-toughness.php