Women in the Antarctic: Constructive Risk-taking and SocialSupports

关于害怕失败的研究表明，女性避免经历，而不是冒着失败或不确定性的风险。本研究将调查一组从事非传统职业并选择在南极工作的妇女的建设性冒险行为。害怕失败的模型也表明，对女性来说，害怕失败的是可能产生负面的社会后果。本研究的第二个目的是研究因害怕失败而情绪低落的妇女如何应对建设性冒险的社会后果，并审查南极现有的对妇女的社会支持。南极的与世隔绝和环境特征也适用于一些妇女在不久的将来将经历的其他受限的微型社会。这项研究的第三个目的是调查与女性南极经历有关的五个因素，这些因素以前只与男性一起研究过。将对最近从南极返回的妇女进行有组织的采访。这些结果将被用来产生量化措施，并制定非传统角色女性的冒险和社会应对理论。

Research on fear of failure has indicated that women avoid experiences rather than risk the possibility of failure or uncertainty. The present study will examine constructive risk- taking among a group of women who are in nontraditional occupations and who have chosen to work in the Antarctic. Models of fear of failure also indicate that what is fearful about failure for women is the possibility of negative social consequences. A second purpose of the present study is to examine how women low on fear of failure cope with the social consequences of constructive risk-taking, and also to examine the existing social supports for women in the Antarctic. The isolation and environmental features of the Antarctic have applications for other confined microsocieties that some women will be experiencing in the near future. A third purpose of the study is to investigate five factors concerning the Antarctic experience for women that have previously only been studied with men. Structured interviews will be conducted with women who have recently returned from the Antarctic. The results will be used to generate quantitative measures and to formulate theories of risk-taking and social coping among women in nontraditional roles.