Women in the Antarctic: Constructive Risk-taking and SocialSupports

对失败恐惧的研究表明，女性宁愿避免经历失败的可能性，也不愿冒失败或不确定的风险。本研究将审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。对失败的恐惧模式也表明，对女性来说，对失败的恐惧是负面社会后果的可能性。本研究的第二个目的是研究不害怕失败的妇女如何应付建设性冒险的社会后果，并研究对南极妇女的现有社会支持。南极的隔离和环境特点适用于一些妇女在不久的将来将要经历的其他封闭的微型社会。这项研究的第三个目的是调查五个与女性南极经历有关的因素，这些因素以前只在男性身上进行过研究。将对最近从南极回来的妇女进行有组织的面谈。研究结果将用于制定定量措施，并制订关于非传统角色妇女的冒险行为和社会应对的理论。

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.