One potential disadvantage of group work is that individual issues may not be properly examined.

• A. The group becomes too behavioristic.
• B. The group focuses too much on content.
• C. Individual issues are not properly examined.
• D. The group violates confidentiality norms.

Answer: (C)

In group work, attention tends to be shared across members and focused on how the group functions and what many participants are experiencing together. A key risk is that each person’s unique, private issues may not be explored thoroughly because the processing emphasizes collective themes, time limits, and the consensus of the group. To address this, facilitators need to create space for individual concerns, using strategies like private check-ins, confidential notes, or targeted prompts that invite deeper, one-on-one exploration outside the main group flow.

This makes the option the best choice because it directly highlights a common drawback of group work: the potential to overlook or under-examine personal issues in favor of group dynamics or shared content. While other possibilities—such as the group becoming very behavior-focused, leaning heavily on content, or risking confidentiality breaches—are concerns in certain contexts, they do not inherently describe the core challenge of ensuring each member’s individual needs are addressed within the group process.