New research released at the GSA Summer Briefing on 14th June indicates that girls who attend single-sex girls’ schools are generally more confident and more emotionally in control than girls in co-educational schools. The ‘mental toughness’ research also indicates that the pandemic may have exacerbated any gaps and differences that already existed, with girls who are more mentally tough potentially having an advantage in dealing with the pandemic compared with less mentally tough girls.
The new meta-analysis, by AQR International, delves deeper into its Mental Toughness research from 2017, together with new research undertaken during the pandemic. Read the news story here and view the full report here.
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