The solo woman in a professional peer group.
The role of the lone woman was studied in six small groups--three T-groups and three work-groups--each containing one woman. All the women became deviants, isolates, or low status regular members of their groups. Reasons for this finding are discussed, and strategies are suggested whereby a woman may avoid depression if she finds herself in a similar setting.
D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010822:Physicians, Women; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012380:Role; D012681:Sensitivity Training Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D012930:Social Dominance; D012934:Social Isolation