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Identification & Navigation of Mental Health Stressors in Collegiate Female Athletes:

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Identification & Navigation of Mental Health Stressors in Collegiate Female Athletes:

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Dianna Marinaro
July 8, 2020
EDUC 815
Drexel University

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Identification and Navigation of Mental Health Stressors in Collegiate Female athletes (1)

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College athletes are at risk to mental health issues. They are not only engulfed by the academic responsibilities of being a college student, but they also have to navigate the grueling demands of playing a sport at a competitive level.  “Today’s athletes face a different set of stressors than athletes in previous generations. The differences are seen in a growing number of complex and more intense mental health challenges” (Bauman, 2016, p. 135). Mental health is a huge component of everyday life, and the skills essential to maintain a positive mental health state need to be trained and fostered carefully. When an individual experiences a disruption in mental health, the individual can endure feelings of low self-esteem, an inability to mange time, and an inability to cope with adversity.  Female collegiate athletes are faced with many challenges and hardships during their athletic experience (Barcella, 2017). Therefore, having the proper tools and skills to maintain a positive mental health status, as well as the ability to regain control of a positive mental health status after sustaining a disruption is imperative.  In order to decrease burnout, as well as protect and promote positive mental health, the need for research on how to identify mental health stressors in athletes, as well as the ability to provide them with a skill set that allows for them to navigate those stressors is essential.

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1. What barriers are there that may prevent a student-athlete from getting the support she needs when navigating mental health stressors?
2. What are the best practices for providing collegiate female athletes with skills to navigate mental health stressors?
3. What practices are available for stakeholders (coaches, athletic directors, professors) to help identify mental health stressors and help athletes navigate mental health stressors?

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